Twitter workers await their destiny beneath Elon Musk

As workers anticipate extra from Musk, the truth of the acquisition begins to set in. Thursday afternoon, an inside memo seen by The sting mentioned Twitter’s code could be frozen till Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. PT — the identical day many workers will see their present batch of inventory and money compensation vested. Subsequent, Musk requested a few of Twitter’s product managers to satisfy with Tesla workers, presumably to assist him work out precisely what he is shopping for. (Bloomberg first reported the assembly.) Later that day, workers donned costumes and introduced their youngsters to work for a #trickortweet Halloween get together on the Twitter workplaces.

Since Musk out of the blue proclaimed that he actually wanted to buy Twitter earlier this month, Twitter’s most seen chief internally was Jay Sullivan, the overall supervisor of shopper merchandise and income. He held common listening classes with workers, however on Thursday, shortly after workers acquired a calendar invite for a “fast casual check-in” name with him at 7:35 p.m. ET, the assembly was canceled “till additional discover” with out rationalization.

Many Twitter workers have not too long ago famous the absence of Parag Argawal, their current CEO, whom Musk has embittered after the 2 began speaking about Musk becoming a member of Twitter’s board. “He is been fully absent for weeks,” mentioned a present Twitter worker, who requested anonymity to talk with out the corporate’s permission, of Argawal. “He ghosted us,” mentioned one other. Twitter’s Slack and the employee-only Twitter part of Blind, an nameless message board for tech employees, are full of comparable feedback about Argawal, in accordance with screenshots seen by The sting.

As befits Musk, his Twitter takeover has been a messy saga fueled by his penchant for drama. Anyway, we’re hours away from a conclusion to this saga. It is the start of a brand new period for Twitter.