Twitter Employees Have Triggered Reactions In Response To Elon Musk Stock Purchase
Twitter employees were triggered Monday after Elon Musk bought over 9% of Twitter stock. Musk’s stock purchase came after he started rumors that he might buy out Twitter completely, or create an alternative social media platform.
The billionaire CEO has attacked Twitter for its “free speech” policy, suggesting it is not truly a free speech platform.
Reporter Andy Ngo exposed Twitter employees that reacted negatively to Musk’s purchase. One individual employee with the username Creme de Cassie said, “A prominent transphobe buying a large stake in Twitter is not at all funny.”
De Cassie, a biological male, has the pronouns “she/her” in his bio and self describes himself as a “Feminist Demisexual Genderqueer Trans Woman.”
A Twitter senior software engineer who also has pronouns in his bio, Gerard Taylor, expressed fear that Musk may damage Twitter’s “company culture.”
Gerard Taylor, a senior software engineer at Twitter, is concerned about the leftist company culture following @elonmusk becoming the largest shareholder. pic.twitter.com/4sXIBESHKU
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 4, 2022
A recruiting manager for Twitter, Geri Kidd, expressed relief that she was not working this week, saying, “Looks like I picked a good week to be off.”
A software engineer at Twitter, Ashna Guliani, posted a video of a woman crying, saying it represented how upset she is about Musk’s purchase.
Ashna Guliani, a Twitter software engineer, posted a video of a crying woman to show how upset she is over @elonmusk becoming the largest stakeholder in the company. pic.twitter.com/s7jfdsGBra
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 4, 2022
The Director of creative service at Twitter, Haraldur Thorleifsson, explained how he still dislikes Musk even though he is now the company’s largest stakeholder.
Read more on Musk and the possible reasoning behind his purchase here.
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