Resignation…and a warning from the authorities…and the advertisers flee
From the subsequent resignations to warnings from authorities and fleeing advertisers, the Twitter platform under the leadership of Elon Musk is facing difficulties from all sides, despite its efforts to motivate the remaining employees.
“The future is encouraging and I look forward to moving forward with you,” the group’s new chairman said at the start of an internal staff meeting on Thursday.
But the threat of bankruptcy appeared when Musk later admitted he didn’t know how far the company’s “revenue will decline” next year. “We could have a cash flow deficit of several billion,” he said, according to messages among employees seen by AFP. In an internal message the day before, Musk had written to employees that the road would be “arduous” and that they must “come personally to the offices to work at least forty hours a week”.
In addition, the company said yesterday that it had returned the “official” stamp granted to some accounts days after it was removed, while some users said that the new option to subscribe for eight dollars to get the blue stamp has disappeared. site authentication. The move follows a wave of fake accounts on the platform after Musk allowed users to pay $8 for a blue check.