founder and CEO and self-described “technoking” said he plans to “remake” the social media platform into a beacon of free speech.Blind. Blind’s community of more than 5 million professionals includes more than 5,000 verified Twitter professionals or more than two out of three Twitter employees.Many Twitter professionals feared the company culture at Twitter might change after Musk acquires the company.
“Elon is notorious for firing WFH and contractors,” reported a verified SpaceX professional. “He’s went as far as to pull the plug on VPN before,” referring to virtual private networks that allow employees to connect to corporate networks while working from home or remotely. Musk is also the founder and CEO of SpaceX.
“I feel like going from public [to] private is [the] opposite of what you want from a comp perspective,” a verified Twitter professional said on Blind, adding they felt “pretty stressed” about the acquisition. “If comp is negative[ly] [a]ffected then we’ll lose a lot of great talent and any incentive for working at Twitter will be gone.”
The change could be significant for Twitter professionals. According to pay data shared on Blind by verified Twitter professionals, the median total compensation package across all roles is $165,000 and as high as $345,000, including the restricted stock units many employees earn.