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- Twitter staff have expressed fear about their jobs after Elon Musk sealed his takeover deal.
- Since the deal closed Thursday, some staff have tweeted points and supportive messages.
- Musk has reportedly sacked CEO Parag Agrawal and three completely different excessive Twitter executives.
Twitter staff have taken to their very personal app to particular points about their livelihoods and current solidarity after Elon Musk lastly sealed his $44 billion takeover deal.
On Thursday evening, one Twitter software program program engineer tweeted: “The man brought a sink, I am fully expecting him to fire 69% of us on Friday at 4:20pm.”
On Wednesday, Musk made a dramatic entrance to Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters carrying a sink sooner than chatting with staff at the office coffee shop, The Perch. He’s beforehand displayed a penchant for meme-friendly numbers: In 2018, he tweeted that he was considering privatizing Tesla at $420-a-share, and in 2020, joked he’d drop the value of a Model S to $69,420.
The billionaire, who’s the world’s richest particular person, has fired at least 4 excessive executives along with CEO Parag Agrawal, Insider and others reported Thursday. According to The Washington Post, Musk deliberate to lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce, nevertheless he’s denied that report.
Another Twitter software program program engineer was further direct with their criticism, saying: “Hope you enjoyed your coffee at The Perch! Just one question: was it fun to look at the faces of the people you said you’d be laying off?”
It was all through this hour-long espresso meeting with about 40 Twitter staff that Musk denied the 75% layoffs decide, according to Bloomberg.
Other Twitter staffers have been creative with their criticism, with one sharing a cartoon lampooning Agrawal’s reported $38.7 million severance payout. “Has anybody seen Parag?” the illustration reads, as a cartoon Agrawal reaches for a golden parachute to escape a Twitter-branded plane.
The reported firing of Vijaya Gadde, licensed and protection head, and customary counsel, Sean Edgett, moreover prompted concern inside the ranks. Several staff retweeted Techdirt editor Mike Masnick, who said that “Twitter is less of a free speech platform” with out Gadde.
Lara Cohen, vp of promoting, said “I love my colleagues so much,” whereas staffer Tina Le tweeted “stay strong Tweeps” with a coronary coronary heart emoji. Other Twitter staff used the #OneTeam hashtag to particular solidarity.
