Twitter staff worried, threatened to ‘leave’ because… ‘erratic behavior of billionaire Elon Musk’?

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Twitter account – Photo: REUTERS

According to Reuters news agency, the meeting took place after billionaire Musk, who spent $ 44 billion to buy the social network Twitter, repeatedly criticized content moderation practices and an executive responsible for the Twitter’s speech and security policy.

At the April 29 meeting, senior Twitter officials said they would monitor the situation, but also said that it was too early to talk about how the company’s acquisition deal with Tesla boss would affect the retention of the company. Twitter staff legs like.

“Do you think it’s very likely that many employees will no longer work after this transaction is completed?”, a Twitter employee asked company leaders.

In response, Agrawal said Twitter has always cared about employees and will continue to do so. “I believe Twitter in the future will continue to be concerned with the impact it has on its customers and the world,” CEO Agrawal said.

Employees also say they fear Musk’s erratic behavior could hurt Twitter’s business and cause financial harm.

During the meeting, Mr. Agrawal urged employees to expect change under the new leadership. However, at the end of the meeting, one employee told Reuters that he did not trust what the Twitter leaders said.

According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, billionaire Musk told banks that agreed to support his Twitter acquisition that he could reduce the salaries of Twitter’s CEO and board to cut costs, and develop develop new ways to make money on this social network.

A source said Mr Musk will not make a decision to cut jobs until he takes ownership of Twitter.