Twitter employees planning to quit their jobs over Elon Musk’s purchase of the largest share in the company need not apply to Substack.
Substack, an online publishing platform for writers, announced Tuesday it is seeking to hire a data analyst and several product managers and systems engineers, among other positions. But Twitter employees thinking about quitting their jobs “because [they’re] worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech” were told “do not come work here” by Vice President of Communications Lulu Cheng Meservey.
But for everybody else, we really are hiring! Join a talented, determined, passionate, motley team of all backgrounds and beliefs. We debate respectfully, execute maniacally, and live to serve writers and podcasters.
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— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) April 5, 2022
Meservey told the Washington Examiner her statement was meant to be “a lighthearted poke at Twitter” and that Substack welcomes applicants from all backgrounds “because diversity is strength.”
“But working at Substack only makes sense if you support the ideas relating to our core mission, including that what you read matters, that writers do important work and deserve to be paid well for it, and that healthy discourse needs to allow for respectful disagreement,” Meservey said.
MUSK HAS LIKELY ALREADY MADE MORE THAN $1 BILLION ON TWITTER INVESTMENT
Musk asked Twitter users on March 25 if the platform “rigorously adheres” to the principles of free speech. A majority of users said it does not. Upon reviewing the response, Musk said Twitter not adhering to free speech “fundamentally undermines democracy.”
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO became the largest shareholder in Twitter on Monday after purchasing $3 billion in stock, giving him a 9.2% ownership stake in the platform. Since the billionaire’s purchase, he has asked Twitter users whether they would like to see an edit button added to the platform and has promised to “make significant improvements.”
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The social media giant announced Tuesday that Musk would join its board of directors.
