A much-awaited Twitter townhall where Elon Musk directly interacted with Twitter employees for the first time since he made a $44 billion bid to buy the social media platform. Reports indicate that employees gave Musk a 'less than welcoming' response as questions on layoffs and future of work remained ambigious.
The world's richest man wh has warned of an economic winter reportedly said that layoffs at Twitter will depend on its financial situation."The company does need to get healthy,” Musk said, according to unverified reports. “Right now the costs exceed the revenue”
“Anyone who is a signification contributor has nothing to worry about,” he said.
Also getting a big thumbs down from Twitter team was Musk's take on WFH. “The bias definitely needs to be strongly towards working in person, but if somebody is exceptional, then remote work can be OK,” said Musk, according to reports. Musk, recently told his employees at Tesla to come back to work in their offices 40 hours a week or resign.
The eccentric billioanire as per reports also briefly diverted the conversation into a discussion about aliens and human consciousness.
The conversation was moderated by Twitter Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Berland, who summarized some employee questions that were submitted ahead of time. CEO Parag Agrawal introduced Musk, abut didn’t speak during the interview, which lasted about 45 minutes, as per reports.