Elon Musk Says “Expectations” Of Twitter Staff Will Be “Excessive” – Deadline

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to supply a way of his imaginative and prescient for the social media platform, after the acquisition goes by means of, additionally providing a way of what its workers can anticipate, with regard to work life underneath his management.

Musk’s feedback accompanied a screenshot of a latest Fortune article titled: “Job curiosity in Twitter skyrocketed greater than 250% since Elon Musk moved to take over. However present workers are nervous.”

“If Twitter acquisition completes, firm will probably be tremendous centered on hardcore software program engineering, design, infosec & server {hardware},” the world’s richest man, who additionally heads up firms together with SpaceX and Tesla, wrote. “Managers in software program should write nice software program or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t trip a horse! Additionally, work ethic expectations could be excessive, however a lot lower than I demand of myself.”

Musk first started shopping for up a major quantity of Twitter shares as just lately as January, coming to personal a 5% stake within the firm by March 14. He first introduced his intention to amass Twitter for $54.20 a share on April 14. The concept wasn’t initially regarded fondly on by the social media service’s Board of Administrators, which went as far as to undertake a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, or “poison capsule”, to dissuade him from trying to take over the corporate. Nonetheless, inside two weeks, he’d efficiently closed a deal to amass Twitter for $44 billion. 

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital city sq. the place issues very important to the way forward for humanity are debated,” Musk stated the day information broke of his breakthrough in negotiations with Twitter. “I additionally need to make Twitter higher than ever by enhancing the product with new options, making the algorithms open supply to extend belief, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all people. Twitter has great potential – I sit up for working with the corporate and the neighborhood of customers to unlock it.”

Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is anticipated to be finalized later within the 12 months. Upon his takeover, Twitter will turn out to be a non-public firm. Try Musk’s thread on the corporate’s future by clicking beneath.

If Twitter acquisition completes, firm will probably be tremendous centered on hardcore software program engineering, design, infosec & server {hardware} https://t.co/m2HseK0TXl

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2022