Triggered Twitter Employees Snipe at New Boss Musk after Virtual Meeting

Triggered Twitter employees were left sniping on Slack Thursday after a virtual meeting with new boss Elon Musk, who showed up 10 minutes late, sent a warning to loafers, and called for quadrupling the platform’s audience.
The private, virtual meeting was the first all-hands session with the San Francisco-based company’s employees since the Tesla chief struck a $44 billion deal in April to take it private. Key moments were leaked shortly afterward, and included Musk’s comments as well as gripes and mockery from employees.
“The company does need to get healthy,” Musk reportedly said when asked if layoffs were on the horizon. “Right now, the costs exceed the revenue, so that’s not a great situation to be in.”
Elon Musk showed up 10 minutes late to his first meeting addressing Twitter employees, which is still ongoing. He dialed in from his phone handheld like this pic.twitter.com/UoZ4U9dDme
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) June 16, 2022
“Obviously a significant contributor should have nothing to worry about,” added Musk, who was introduced by CEO Parag Agrawal, joined the call 10 minutes late by phone, according to The Verge deputy editor Alex Heath.
Comments on an internal Slack channel showed triggered employees mocking Musk for being late and singling out “exceptional” employees, sources told Bloomberg.
“Friendly reminder that you can show up 10 minutes late to a meeting that was announced to the world and still be exceptional,” one employee wrote on Slack.