Life Under Musk: Two Twitter Employees Speak Out

<p>“We cross our fingers and hope to make it through another day.” Twitter hasn’t spoken publicly since Elon Musk bought the company a week ago. But inside, employees describe a mood of fear, chaos, stress and bizarre requests to print out code.</p><p><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></p><ul><li>Members of Elon Musk’s inner circle, including the podcast hosts David Sacks, Jason Calacanis and Sriram Krishnan, are <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/technology/elon-musk-twitter-control.html" target="_blank">advising Mr. Musk on changes at Twitter</a>.</li><li>Engineers at Twitter were told to <a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-takes-over-twitter" target="_blank">print out their most recent software code</a> to show to Mr. Musk.</li><li>Under pressure to increase revenue, Mr. Musk considered <a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/elons-first-big-move-pay-to-remain" target="_blank">making Twitter users pay</a> to keep their verification badges. The acclaimed horror author <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1587042605627490304?s=20&t=7_toSnpDHqU8f5JvQPoZ5Q" target="_blank">Stephen King was not thrilled</a> by the idea.</li><li>Twitter’s chief customer officer, Sarah Personette, and several other <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/technology/elon-musk-twitter-advertisers.html" target="_blank">executives have left the company</a> in recent days.</li><li>Mr. Musk faces <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/technology/elon-musk-twitter-debt.html?name=styln-elon-musk&region=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=Article&variant=show&is_new=false" target="_blank">financial challenges</a> in owning Twitter.</li></ul>