Musk made a successful $44 billion bid to acquire the company last month. CNBC reported Thursday morning that he will take over as temporary CEO once the deal is complete.
The majority of Americans approve of the takeover according to recent data from The Harris Poll, but some current staff worry that it will change the company's culture and overall direction.
It is not clear how a Musk-run Twitter will affect the company's ability to retain staff and recruit new employees. The company presented the takeover as a potential threat to its staffing abilities in an SEC filing.
Since the billionaire showed interest in taking over the company, casual interest in open positions has skyrocketed.
On Thursday, Daniel Zhao, a senior economist and data scientist at the job insights platform Glassdoor, said that interest in job openings at the social media giant was up 263% between April 24 and April 30.
In a statement to Fortune, Zhao explained that interest is defined by the average daily clicks on job postings on the platform, compared to the average daily job clicks in a baseline before the news broke of Musk's plans for the company.
Though clicks do not correlate to actual job applications submitted, and likely reflect current media attention, the increase shows that people are interested in work available at the company.
He has a large fan base that is excited to work for him.
In its SEC report this week, the company said that Musk's takeover could cost the company advertisers, staff, and users if it fails or reaches a final conclusion.
The announcement and pendency of our agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Musk may have an adverse effect on our business results, and a failure to complete the merger could have a material and adverse effect on our business.
The company's current period of uncertainty could lead to issues related to staffing, according to the report. A consequence of the merger could be its inability to attract and retain key personnel and recruit prospective employees, and the possibility that our current employees could be distracted, and their productivity decline as a result.
Musk made a bid to acquire the social media platform after his plan to join the company fell through. He has talked about what he thinks are limits on free speech on the platform, having previously criticized the decision to permanently ban former president Donald Trump.
The decision to ban Trump was one of the many political quagmires that led to the downfall of Musk and the company.
The board voted unanimously to recommend the deal move forward.
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