Twitter’s employees await their fate under Elon Musk

Musk is still waiting for employees to tell them more, but the reality of the acquisition has already begun to dawn on them. An internal memo that was seen by employees on Thursday afternoon was published. The Verge said that Twitter’s code would be frozen until Tuesday, November 1 at 10AM pacific — the same day that many employees will see their current batch of equity and cash compensation vest. Then Musk had some of Twitter’s product leaders meet with employees from Tesla, presumably to help him get a handle on what exactly he is buying. (Bloomberg first reportedThe meeting. Later in the day, employees donned costumes and brought their kids to work for a #trickortweet Halloween party at Twitter’s offices.

Musk declared he was suddenly dead after Musk made the sudden declaration. I really wanted to buy Twitter back earlier this month, Twitter’s most internally visible leader has been Jay Sullivan, the general manager of consumer and revenue product. He has been holding regular listening sessions with employees, but on Thursday, shortly after employees received a calendar invite for a “quick informal check in” call with him at 7:35PM ET, the meeting was cancelled “until further notice” without explanation.

Twitter users have noticed that Parag Argawal is not available. Musk was their CEO at the time. after the two initially started talking about Musk joining Twitter’s board. “He has been completely absent for weeks,” one current Twitter employee, who requested anonymity to speak without the company’s permission, said of Argawal. “He has ghosted us,” said another. Both Twitter’s Slack and the Twitter employee-only section of Blind, an anonymous message board for tech workers, are full of similar comments about Argawal, according to screenshots seen by The Verge.

Musk’s Twitter takeover has been messy, as is his penchant to drama. In any event, we’re hours away from a conclusion to this saga. It’s the beginning of a new era for Twitter.