Twitter staff are told in emergency meeting that their jobs are only safe for six months until Musk completes his $44bn takeover as they demand to know if they will be forced to return to office
Some Twitter staff have reacted with horror to Elon Musk's takeover of the company, according to internal chats shared online
The company has frozen planned changes to the service until Friday, amid what Bloomberg speculated was concern that a rogue employee could 'push something or mess with the product on the way out the door'
In message rooms staff vented about their trepidation over working for the mercurial South African
Others in a staff meeting held at 5pm ET worried whether they would still be able to work from home, and asked about their share options
CEO Parag Agrawal told staff that their jobs were safe for the moment, saying there would be no layoffs until Musk took over in six months, and reassuring them about their stock options and benefits
He would not be drawn on whether Donald Trump would be allowed back to the platform: Trump said on Monday he has no wish to, and Agrawal said it was a decision for the Musk
Agrawal said he was 'proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important'
Chair Bret Taylor said the board 'conducted thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon's proposal'
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, 50, agreed to pay shareholders $54.20 in cash for each share
The move shifts control of the social media platform populated by millions of users to the world's richest man
The Tesla magnate vowed to protect free speech online, 'defeat the spam bots' and 'authenticate all humans'
He said he would 'enhance the product with new features' and 'make algorithms open source to increase trust'
By James Gant and Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
Published: 07:47 EDT, 25 April 2022 | Updated: 19:29 EDT, 25 April 2022
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