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Life Under Musk: Two Twitter Employees Speak Out

Life Under Musk: Two Twitter Employees Speak Out

FromHard Fork


Life Under Musk: Two Twitter Employees Speak Out

FromHard Fork

ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

“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.Additional Resources:Members of Elon Musk’s inner circle, including the podcast hosts David Sacks, Jason Calacanis and Sriram Krishnan, are advising Mr. Musk on changes at Twitter.Engineers at Twitter were told to print out their most recent software code to show to Mr. Musk.Under pressure to increase revenue, Mr. Musk considered making Twitter users pay to keep their verification badges. The acclaimed horror author Stephen King was not thrilled by the idea.Twitter’s chief customer officer, Sarah Personette, and several other executives have left the company in recent days.Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter.
Released:
Nov 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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