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Twitter CEO tells employees the board is still evaluating an Elon Musk takeover
The Verge ^ | April 14th, 2022 | Alex Heath

Posted on 04/15/2022 6:53:10 AM PDT by shadowlands1960

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees Thursday that the company was still evaluating a $43 billion offer by Elon Musk to buy the company and take it private, setting the stage for a potentially drawn-out feud with the world’s richest person.

After clips of the songs “I Say A Little Prayer” and “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys played, Agrawal launched into a 25-minute Q&A session with employees Thursday, according to a person in attendance. He didn’t say when the board would have an answer to Musk’s offer or which way it was leaning, frustrating some who expected a more detailed explanation. The board would follow a “rigorous process” and make a decision “in the best interest of our shareholders,” he said.

Agrawal, who took over as CEO of Twitter last November for Jack Dorsey, fielded concerns from employees about the future of the social network if Musk were to take it over. At least one employee asked about the possibility of future layoffs, which Agrawal said wouldn’t be dictated by individual performance ratings. In response to another question about what would happen to employee stock options if Twitter was taken private, he said it was too early to speculate. The emergency call was held during a “focus week” for Twitter employees, in which they had Monday off and were encouraged to be heads-down on projects and take few meetings.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: board; internet; musk; twitter
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To: dead

Quite telling isn’t it?


21 posted on 04/15/2022 8:50:14 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: Yo-Yo

Things didn’t end well for Ellis…


22 posted on 04/15/2022 9:06:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: shadowlands1960

check...


23 posted on 04/15/2022 10:00:37 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Macoozie
"Will be really interesting to see if these Geeks are any good, or are they over paid tech-mules just good because they work at Twitter."

They are tech savvy leftist activists. Alinsky's rules work best without adult supervision!
24 posted on 04/15/2022 10:16:53 AM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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