Musk said he's not worried about employees leaving the company in droves because the firm has the best people.
"The best people are staying, so I'm not super worried," Musk said in a reply to Portnoy.
What do people mean when they say that the world's largest social network is shutting down? Isn't it running itself? The person wrote in the message. I have no idea anything. I would love to do a space with Musk. I'm not sure what to think.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Insider asked for comment from the social media company about Musk.
Musk gave staff an ultimatum on Wednesday to either sign up to stay at "Twitter 2.0" or commit to its new culture by Thursday. If they were deemed to be part of a voluntary layoff, they would get three months of pay. Less than half of the company's employees decided to stay.
Musk called up employees who were critical to the future of the company to convince them to stay. People who were asked to stay were told that Musk's "vision" for Twitter and it's potential made them want to stay.
There was no vision shared with employees and they were expected to have blind loyalty in Musk according to a senior software engineer who quit.
Musk made fun of the staff leaving the company on Thursday. The picture with the logo on the grave was included in one of the tweets.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
A picture was posted that said "Help us Lilly Johnson you're our only hope,"
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
The joke was on the people who pretended to be fired when Musk took over. Musk joked that he would welcome the two back to the company.
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