Musk addresses question of possible layoffs at Twitter: ‘The company needs to get healthy’
Musk said layoffs at Twitter will depend on its financial situation.
“It depends. The company does need to get healthy,” Musk said, according to the source. “Right now the costs exceed the revenue”
Musk said there has to be some rationalization of headcount or else Twitter won’t be able to grow.
“Anyone who is a signification contributor has nothing to worry about,” he said.
—Lauren Feiner
Musk has a strong bias toward in-person work
Musk, who recently told his employees at Tesla to come back to work in their offices 40 hours a week or resign, seemed to draw a distinction between working remotely at the car company and at Twitter.
“Tesla makes cars, and you can’t make cars remotely,” Musk said, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Musk did not detail what his policy on remote would look like for Twitter employees and said if someone is exceptional at their job, remote work is fine, according to the source.
But, Musk said his “bias is strongly towards working in person.”
—Lauren Feiner
Musk on how he can build trust with Twitter employees
“If someone is getting useful things done, that’s great. If they’re not then I’m like why are they at the company.”
— Lauren Feiner
Elon Musk on free speech
Elon on free speech (paraphrased): People should be allowed to say racist things but that doesn’t mean Twitter should promote it.
— Lauren Feiner
Musk asked why he loves Twitter
Elon when asked why Twitter: “I love Twitter”, “I learn a lot from what I learn on Twitter.” It’s a “great way to get a message out”, “some people use their hair to express themselves, I use Twitter”
— Lauren Feiner
Employees are asking questions
Employees submitted questions s they are most interested in – no promise they will answer but highest ranked in categories of workplace policies (i.e. remote work), free speech, Elon’s suggested product improvements and relationship with employees — Lauren Feiner