In an interview, Elon Musk said that Twitter has been “quite painful” for him and that the experience was not enjoyable or some sort of a party. He says he would sell it to the right person. The billionaire also backed his layoff decision for Twitter employees. Here is everything you need to know.
In Short
- Elon Musk says it has been painful to run Twitter after buying it.
- The billionaire revealed that it has been a roller-coaster ride.
- Musk is also ready to sell Twitter if he gets a right person for it.
By Ankita GargIt seems that Elon Musk is having a tough time after buying Twitter. In an interview with BBC, the billionaire said that Twitter has been “quite painful” for him and that the experience was not enjoyable or some sort of a party. The world’s richest man also said that this hasn’t been boring, but ever since he bought the popular micro-blogging website, it has been a rollercoaster ride.
When Elon Musk was asked about whether he regrets buying Twitter, the CEO said the “pain level has been extremely high, this hasn’t been some kind of party.” “It’s not been boring. It’s been quite a rollercoaster. It has been really quite a stressful situation over the last several months”, he added. But, the billionaire also backed his buying decision by saying that he still feels taking over Twitter was the right thing to do.
For those who are unaware, Musk first managed to buy a stake in Twitter at the start of 2022, and he later proposed an offer to buy it. In one of the events, when he tried to back out from the deal, he was sued by the social media company. To back his takeover, he told the cited source that everything is “reasonably well” at Twitter and that people are using the platform more than ever. He also claimed that “the site (also) works” greatly. Though, he has to give in extra time and effort to the company, which has been vocal about a lot of times.
he told the cited source that the workload is so high that he “sometimes sleeps in the office and that he has a place on a “couch” in a library “that nobody goes to.” Elon Musk also revealed that he should avoid posting tweets at night because those are pretty controversial and has created big issues. “Have I shot myself in the foot with tweets multiple times? Yes. I think I should not tweet after 3:00AM,” he said.
Elon Musk also talked about the hard times when he was dealing with the layoff process in the past few months. He said that it was not easy to fire 80 percent workforce of Twitter. The headcount of the social media company has been reduced to about 1,500 from 8,000. He also admitted he did not get the opportunity to talk to all the impacted Twitter employees in person and so, people were informed through emails. “It’s not possible to talk with that many people face to face,” he said.
Interestingly, while backing up his buying decision and even talking about his struggle to handle the company, Musk also asserted that he would sell Twitter to someone if he gets a right person for it.
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