Elon Musk’s Twitter deal has employees asking: Should I stay or should I go?


Some employees in the past have mocked him ruthlessly on internal Slack channels, and even made subtle jabs at their would-be-boss via public tweets. One employee posted on Slack in May that Musk ‘puts the douche in fiduciary’. — AFP

When news first broke Tuesday morning that Elon Musk was again interested in acquiring Twitter Inc for US$44bil (RM204.02bil), most employees of the social network were sitting through an hourslong 2023 strategy presentation.

Presenters from internal groups like the product and revenue teams didn’t officially discuss the development, or even acknowledge that Musk was back on board.

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