The billionaire and new owner of the social network Twitter, Elon Musk, announced last Thursday, 10, during an emergency meeting with his employees, that he does not exclude the possibility of filing for bankruptcy for Twitter next year. This news left the atmosphere tense, even more so after the turbulent and dramatic period that was the arrival of the billionaire on the social network.
According to Zoë Schiffer, managing editor of The Information It is Platformer, Musk made the announcement after one of his collaborators asked about the company's current run rate.
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And to make the mood even worse, Tesla's CEO told employees that if they weren't present at the company for at least 40 hours a week, they could already start writing their letter of resignation. musk still insistedwhatyouemployeescome backto the office, although twitter in the pastaccept what they work from anywhere.
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Although it was considered an unexpected and rare occurrence, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, acronym in English) issued a statement, with a representative spokesperson saying that the commission is looking at the company “with deep concern”.
Musk startedat thecontrol of Twitter last week after onepurchase of $44 billion from the which one initiallywanted‘give back’. So far, Tesla's CEO has made massive layoffs, scrapped his board and turned Twitter into a private company.
Several advertising brands known worldwide, such as Volkswagen, GM and General Mills, took a break or removed their advertisements from the network out of fear that the new owner would make good on his promise to change Twitter's terms. And to complete, the billionaire still tried to threaten these companies publicly, in order for them to go back on their decisions, which in fact did not happen.
In the last week, the owner of the social network dismissed 3,700 employees of Twitter, that is, half of its general staff of collaborators.
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