Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to offer a sense of his vision for the social media platform, after the acquisition goes through, also offering a sense of what its employees can expect, with regard to work life under his leadership.Musk’s comments accompanied a screenshot of a recent Fortune article titled: “Job interest in Twitter skyrocketed more than 250% since Elon Musk moved to take over.
But current employees are nervous.”“If Twitter acquisition completes, company will be super focused on hardcore software engineering, design, infosec & server hardware,” the world’s richest man, who also heads up companies including SpaceX and Tesla, wrote. “Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!
Also, work ethic expectations would be extreme, but much less than I demand of myself.”Musk first began buying up a significant amount of Twitter shares as recently as January, coming to own a 5% stake in the company by March 14.
He first announced his intention to acquire Twitter for $54.20 a share on April 14. The idea wasn’t initially looked fondly on by the social media service’s Board of Directors, which went so far as to adopt a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, or “poison pill”, to dissuade him from attempting to take over the company.
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