Since April, the famously mercurial Mr. Musk has tweeted that the purchase was “on hold” and accused Twitter of “actively resisting and thwarting” his rights. Even with such a performance, some cautioned that Mr. Musk might still change his mind about completing the deal for Twitter. Mr. Musk had been scheduled to speak to Twitter’s employees weeks ago, but the session did not take place. Mr. Musk told Twitter employees that he was open to their working remotely, given that developing software is different from showing up daily to build cars. Mr. Musk dodged directly answering whether there would be layoffs at Twitter, though his answer was somewhat ominous.

Source: New York Times June 17, 2022 00:58 UTC