A state of great panic afflicts Twitter employees, as the CEO of “Tesla” is said to be planning to cut jobs and reduce the salaries of executives, as he looks to secure funding to buy Twitter, according to a report by the American “New York Post”.
Among the highly paid executives, who is seen as the number one advocate for censorship of conservatives, is Twitter’s chief lawyer, Vigia Gad, who earned $17 million last year.
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After revealing plans to take over the company earlier this month, Musk expressed his “lack of confidence” in Twitter’s current management, which does not bode well for their future, which will become clear once he takes office later this year.
However, Led will also win at a nice consolation price if she is fired in a $12.5 million severance package.
The 48-year-old, who reportedly burst into tears when addressing colleagues regarding the future of Twitter, has become a source of contention in recent days due to Musk himself, who tweeted an image of her and painted her oblivious to “liberal bias” on the Blue Bird podium.
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This came following Led and her then-chairman, former CEO Jack Dorsey, appeared on a podcast titled The Joe Rogan Experience in 2019. .
Musk also implicitly criticized Jed for blocking links to The New York Post’s coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop, saying it was “obviously incredibly inappropriate”.
The article was also blocked by major social media sites in the weeks leading up to the US election, with Twitter justifying accusations of censorship by describing the story as “content obtained through hacking and containing private information.”
In recent days, Musk has posted on Twitter heavy criticism of Twitter attorney Vijaya Jade, a widely respected Twitter veteran in Silicon Valley known internally as the “moral authority” on Twitter.
In this regard, Twitter CEO Paraj Agrawal sought to calm employee anger during a company-wide meeting following employees demanded answers regarding how managers plan to deal with the expected exodus caused by Elon Musk’s takeover of the company.
The meeting comes following Musk, the Tesla CEO who struck a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, has repeatedly criticized Twitter’s content-modifying practices and the top executive responsible for setting speech and safety policies.
At the company’s internal meeting, executives said the company will monitor staff attrition daily, but it’s too early to tell how the acquisition will affect employee retention.