The news had the effect of an exploding bomb. After a major share buyback ten days ago, Elon Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder. Hence, direction gave him a place in son Board of Directors. In the end he refused to join board company. In a message released on the occasion, the CEO of Twitter explains: “Elon’s appointment to the board of directors was supposed to officially go into effect on September 4, but on the same morning, Elon announced that he would no longer be on the board. I think it’s for the best. We have always valued and will always value the contribution of our shareholders, whether they are members of our Board of Directors or not. Elon is our largest shareholder and we remain open to son notification. “. WITH son joining as the majority shareholder of the network socialElon Musk has already asked his followers if they would like to see an edit button appear on the platform. Last Saturday, he also wondered if Twitter was dying, mentioning some very popular but inactive accounts such as those of Barack Obama and Justin Bieber. A statement that is not very politically correct for the first shareholder. In addition, the arrival of a capricious billionaire within the company would not go smoothly, and employees would express their concerns. And precisely in order to try to convince that Twitter should offer its employees session Q&A titled “Ask Me What You Want” with the CEO of Tesla.
Elon Musk’s controversial remarks worry some Twitter employees
The news was made official by Parag Agrawal, who invites employees to take the opportunity to ask their questions directly to Elon Musk. Then this news was officially announced by a representative of the company, who specified that this meeting would take place in the near future, but did not specify the exact date. To date, it is not known whether he will be kept due to the departure of the SpaceX boss. According to the Washington Post, employees would have strongly criticized the entrepreneur’s appearance on the Twitter messaging system Slack. One of them even said that he internally feared for freedom of speech: “if on tweets something Elon tweets, on face an HR investigation. Will board members meet the same standards? This employee is no doubt referring to the many controversies sparked by Elon Musk on Twitter. The last one actually son is outspoken, and his statements often draw protests, such as his comments about piracy, where he shared a humorous image implying that Netflix, Disney+, and the major streaming platforms are more responsible.