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Musk’s Plan to Gut Twitter Sparks Fury and Lots of Jokes<!-- wp:html --><p>Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency</p> <p>Elon Musk isn’t even the boss yet, but <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-employees-are-freaking-about-elon-musk-their-soon-to-be-new-boss">Twitter employees</a> already have reason to shudder. On Thursday, news broke that the mega-troll billionaire <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-wants-to-fire-75-percent-of-twitters-workforce-after-deal-goes-through-report-says">may slash</a> the company’s headcount by nearly 75 percent—assuming his takeover actually goes through.</p> <p>Twitter staffers, already weary from six months of nonstop upheaval, are preparing for the worst.</p> <p>“We heard terrible stories about Tesla, so we’re worried about, under Elon’s leadership, what’s going to happen,” one Twitter employee told The Daily Beast, speaking under the condition of anonymity.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-plan-to-gut-twitter-sparks-fury-and-lots-of-jokes?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency

Elon Musk isn’t even the boss yet, but Twitter employees already have reason to shudder. On Thursday, news broke that the mega-troll billionaire may slash the company’s headcount by nearly 75 percent—assuming his takeover actually goes through.

Twitter staffers, already weary from six months of nonstop upheaval, are preparing for the worst.

“We heard terrible stories about Tesla, so we’re worried about, under Elon’s leadership, what’s going to happen,” one Twitter employee told The Daily Beast, speaking under the condition of anonymity.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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