Twitter boss Elon Musk has cut company perks for employees, including wellness, productivity, home internet, training and development, outschools, daycare and quarterly team activities, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. “The allowances will be reevaluated over time and may be added back when the financial position of the company improves,” it reads.
Meanwhile, Musk has publicly expressed a desire to improve the way the social network’s direct messages work.
According to The Verge, Musk told his employees that the company would encrypt DMs and work on adding encrypted video and voice calling between accounts.
“We want to enable users to communicate without worrying about their privacy,” [or] All their DMs came out on the web without worrying about a data breach on Twitter, or thinking that maybe someone on Twitter could be spying on their DMs,” Musk was quoted as saying.
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Furthermore, after the micro-blogging platform fired two-thirds of its 7,500 employees in just three weeks after taking over, Musk said the company is finished with the layoffs and is re-hiring. .
In a meeting with employees, Musk also claimed that Twitter is now actively recruiting for positions in engineering and sales, reports The Verge.
He also asked the staff to recommend potential candidates.