Twitter employees are not happy with Elon Musk

according to letter Time, said that employees would not be informed and that the threat of workers’ jobs jeopardized the platform’s ability to “uplift independent journalism in Ukraine and Iran, as well as power social movements around the world”. The letter read, in part:

A threat to workers at Twitter is a threat to Twitter’s future. These threats have an impact on us as workers and demonstrate a fundamental disconnect with the realities of operating Twitter. They threaten our livelihoods, access to essential healthcare and the ability of visa holders to live in the countries in which they work. We cannot do our work in an environment of constant harassment and threats.

Just because Musk claimed he would lay off 75 percent of employees, however, doesn’t mean he’ll be willing or able to do so. Billionaires have a tendency to exaggerate and make bold, unfounded claims. Mashable’s Chris Taylor wrote how Musk “probably won’t fire 75 percent of Twitter,” noting that this could be a move to appease investors and that he had in fact said in the past that he wanted to increase the company’s headcount. Will increase In short, musk They say A lot, but this does not mean that it will be so.

It remains to be seen whether Musk’s deal for Twitter actually goes through this time, though it looks much more likely now than in the past. The money is still coming together for the $44 billion purchase price but a lot of potential hurdles have already been cleared.

if deal does Go through, we should know by the end of the week. From there, who knows what happens.