Pain and Loathing as Twitter Holds Emergency ‘All-Call’ on Elon Musk’s Takeover – Opinion

On Monday morning, news came out that Elon Musk was close to a deal for Twitter. RedState has reported that since then, there have been hysterics and that now the deal is closed, the chaos has grown exponentially.

But while we knew the broader left would lose its mind, another big question would be how Twitter’s employees would handle it. After all, it’s currently a far-left company stocked full of far-left ideologues from Silicon Valley. As a response to Musk’s first announcements of his plans to buy the social media giant, I wrote this a few weeks back.

You think that things are great right now? Wait. The protests by Twitter employees will provide entertainment for months if Elon Musk pulls it off.

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 14, 2022

Well, the time has arrived, and the first rumblings have emerged from a Twitter emergency “all-call” among the current leadership and employees to discuss Musk’s takeover. Here’s a bit of what was discussed.

There are many questions already about layoffs, and the fate of RSUs/stock options.

— Kali Hays (@HaysKali) April 25, 2022

Parag: “Once the deal closes, we don’t know what direction the platform will go” – in response to a question about Trump return to the platform

— Kali Hays (@HaysKali) April 25, 2022

Parag: Yes, we are uncertain about the future but will continue to learn as we go. I, and the management team and the board will continue to spend time with Elon and as we learn more well share with you” — tone is pretty curt here, imo

— Kali Hays (@HaysKali) April 25, 2022

The current leadership is doing their best to keep a smile on its faces. They all know that their days are over. One question was asked about Trump, which shows how concerned many employees are about politics rather than the health and well-being the company. I won’t post all the rest of the questions, but overall, the mood was apparently uncomfortable and somber.

How tense is it really? We are getting our first reports involving employee reactions, and they are everything I hoped they’d be.

2/ The source at Twitter continued “I don’t rly know what I’m supposed to do…oh my god, my phone’s been blowing up…We have a meeting about it at 5pm…the CEO is going to address everyone about it” (it=elon)

“I hate him, why does he even want this?” they asked…

— talmon joseph smith (@talmonsmith) April 25, 2022

5/ lastly, there’s the harsh irony of this takeover process in which the push notification Breaking News is news to the firm’s workers too: “Everything I know about what’s going on I’ve heard about on Twitter…nobody is saying s*%# to us…I’m just going to try to do my job…”

— talmon joseph smith (@talmonsmith) April 25, 2022

I don’t see any way that many of these employees can retain their jobs. Twitter is so clearly full of partisan actors who would seek to undermine Musk’s vision that he will have to clean house. He did it at Tesla, and you can bet he’s going to do it here. That’s going to lead to a lot of wild-eyed, dramatic resignations over the next several months.

That’s a good thing, though. It’s long past time that the spoiled, overly-political babies that work for these social media companies got a taste of reality. They’ve been insulated for far too long, essentially recreating their leftist university experiences while at Twitter. I expect Musk to give people a chance, but I can’t imagine he’s going to put up with any nonsense after just putting so much of his personal wealth on the line.

Grab your popcorn and take a seat. Things are about to get even more nuts, and I’m going to enjoy every second of it.