Musk is trying to turn his $44 billion investment into a successful business venture, even though it will be difficult.
According to CNBC, Musk is using existing personpower from his other ventures to realize his new and poorly thought out ideas for making money on social media.
More than 50 employees from the company are authorized to work for the company. The director of engineering and senior director of software engineering are among them.
As the tech faces serious regulatory scrutiny at the same time that it's been pulled into a manslaughter case, pulling resources from it feels symbolic.
What's the next thing? Musk admitted defeat and went through with the acquisition despite being completely freaked out about the deal.
The billionaire's distrust of the current workforce is one of the reasons why he moved to install a number of his closest allies at the company. The board of directors was dissolved.
The Washington Post reported that Musk is going to fire 25% of the company's workforce.
It's likely that the cuts are an effort to keep costs low. A company that has only occasionally made a profit was purchased by Musk.
The company's efforts to build out its self-driving software could be in jeopardy if team members leave. The company laid off 200 employees in June in order to develop its driver assistance system.
It's not clear how much time these employees will have to devote to Musk's project. It's almost certain that it won't slow the progress of the company.
It's not clear whether these employees will be helpful in Musk's quest to turn Twitter into an " inclusive arena for free speech"
Running an electric car company and designing self-driving car software has nothing to do with the issues that have been plaguing the platform for a long time.
The two companies do not use the same coding language.
The employees were forced to work 12-hour days to build a verification system for Musk or they would be fired.
Musk's first few days at the helm of the micro-blogging site have been tumultuous.
It feels like anything can change at the drop of a hat, which is exactly what we've come to expect from Musk.
More than 50 employees of Musk's company have joined his takeover of the social networking site.
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