Twitter staffers are struggling to stay focused amid the turmoil caused by Elon Musk’s decision to withdraw from the deal to purchase the company.
The social media platform’s employees appeared distressed after Musk filed to terminate his merger agreement with the company on Friday. While the company said it plans to fight the decision legally, its staff members said they were not informed of the decision and have not been told anything by leadership about the proceedings since the filing’s release.
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“Twitter is a s***show internally — I can confirm that for you right now, without a doubt,” one employee told Wired under the condition of anonymity.
Multiple employees have reported not being updated on the company’s legal proceedings.
“Every time I find out something about Twitter, I find out on Twitter,” the employee said. “I found out about the Musk news via friends, not through my own company — which has been a consistent issue from the beginning.”
Others have said there is “no strong leadership at the moment” and that the “entire company is running on autopilot.”
Musk said Friday that he terminated the agreement with Twitter after his legal team could not validate the social platform’s claim that only 5% of its monetizable active users are spam bots. The company claimed on Thursday that it removes more than 1 million spam accounts per day from its platform and that the count is still 5%. While Musk initially avoided remarking on the fallout from his decision at a Saturday event in Sun Valley, Idaho, he posted tweets on Monday seeming to mock Twitter for its alleged unwillingness to share its data.
While Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has not publicly commented on Musk’s termination, early reports revealed that he is “willing to go to war” to ensure Musk’s acquisition will happen.
“We are committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plan to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement,” Twitter said in a statement. “We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery.”
The company’s team also declared Musk’s filing “invalid and wrongful,” according to a Monday Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Musk met with staff members on June 16 to present his vision for the company and encourage them to “allow pretty outrageous things” on the platform as part of his approach to free speech.
Other staffers have been the target of stings for their critical views of Musk. Project Veritas released footage on May 18 of a Twitter executive mocking Musk for having Asperger’s syndrome.
