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2022-04-19 -Great Cultural Revolution
Twitter employees slam 'a—hole' Elon Musk, ask whether he's manipulating stock
[NYPOST] Most Twitter employees don’t think Elon Musk has the company’s best interests in mind, with some calling him an "a—hole" and questioning whether he is "pumping and dumping" the company’s stock, according to a new survey.

A whopping 68% of Twitter employees disapprove of Musk’s Musk’s tweets about company strategy, which have included musings about potentially eliminating ads and making Twitter a paid service, the poll shows.

An even greater 78% say he doesn’t have "the best interests of Twitter and its shareholders" in mind when he makes such posts, according to a survey of verified Twitter employees conducted by corporate message board Blind and shared with The Post on Monday.

"Don’t want him as CEO," one employee wrote. "He has no compassion."

"I’m not convinced he’s in the best place mentally," another employee said.

A third labeled him a "dangerously insane oligarch."

Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy...
a slim majority — 52% — say it’s better that Musk isn’t joining the company’s board, the poll shows. More than two-thirds of the 232 Twitter employees surveyed also said they disapprove of Musk’s tweets about company strategy, which have included musings about potentially eliminating ads and making Twitter a paid service.

"Elon’s vision and Twitter don’t align," one employee wrote.

Others questioned whether Musk’s purchase of a 9.2% stake in Twitter, which contributed to its stock surging about 25% earlier this month, was all part of a "pump and dump scheme" that could see the mogul make billions by selling his shares at a premium.

"He’s either just pumping and dumping or [has] no plan," another Twitter employee said.

Despite the fury toward Musk, Twitter employees also appear to be unhappy with the company’s board and Parag Agrawal, who succeeded founder Jack Dorsey as CEO in November.

Agrawal initially said Musk would join Twitter’s board, saying he would bring "great value" to the boardroom. Days later, Agrawal said Musk was not joining Twitter’s board after all. Then Musk mounted a bid for Twitter, prompting the company’s board to fight back with a "poison pill" defensive maneuver on Friday.

A whopping 69% of surveyed employees said the CEO and board have done a "poor" job handling the confrontations with Musk.
Posted by Fred 2022-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Are these the Pakistani, etc H1B1 imports to Twitter or are these Twitter's local Fragile Tulips?
Posted by Clusosh Floluter6074 2022-04-19 01:12||   2022-04-19 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 "A whopping 69% of surveyed employees said the CEO and board have done a "poor" job handling the confrontations with Musk."

Publicly traded stock, they have had no real choices except the idiot poison pill thing. These people are stupid.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-04-19 10:24||   2022-04-19 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 We may soon discover if Twitter actually is a publically owned enterprise....or something else entirely.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-19 10:32||   2022-04-19 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 So the percentage of hired censors is somewhere around 60%?

Prince Sod: I believe the potential price per share is more than your offer.

Musk: It will be, if I'm allowed the purchase and 25% of redundant payroll overhead quits.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-19 11:28||   2022-04-19 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Publicly traded stock, they have had no real choices except the idiot poison pill thing. These people are stupid.

Let's just hope that Musk can school them.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-04-19 12:53||   2022-04-19 12:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course Musk is trying to manipulate stock, just like his Tweets about Cryptocurrency.
Posted by Menhadden Hitler5126 2022-04-19 17:48||   2022-04-19 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Best thing Musk could do would be to effectively shut Twitter down as hopeless. Second best, take names and fire all those who show lack of confidence in his management.
Posted by KBK 2022-04-19 20:11||   2022-04-19 20:11|| Front Page Top

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