Twitter workers seem like in for a curler coaster experience following the takeover of the corporate by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. If they maintain their job, that’s.

We already know that after gaining management of the corporate late final week in a deal value $44 billion, Musk wasted little time in booting out Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and the corporate’s chief monetary officer, Ned Segal.

A latest submitting with the Securities and Exchange Commission additionally reveals that Musk has fired all the Twitter board, too, leaving him with the title of “sole director,” whereas an organization listing seen by the Washington Post lists Musk as CEO.

The board that was dismissed by Musk comprised Agrawal, Bret Taylor, Omid Kordestani, David Rosenblatt, Martha Lane Fox, Patrick Pichette, Egon Durban, Fei-Fei Li, and Mimi Alemayehou.

The dramatic transfer signifies that 51-year-old Musk now leads not solely Twitter, but additionally Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company.

The Post’s report stated Musk spent the weekend along with his interior circle — together with Alex Spiro, a widely known movie star lawyer who has represented Musk for plenty of years — and Twitter’s remaining senior executives discussing a additional spherical of workers layoffs, which is predicted to impression all departments on the firm. Those current are additionally reported to have mentioned how Twitter ought to method the thorny challenge of content material moderation, with Musk identified to be keen on easing it.

Talks additionally touched on whether or not to begin charging folks for the appropriate to show Twitter’s blue verification examine mark on their profiles. Reports on Sunday urged Twitter may cost as much as $20 a month for the mark, although what number of customers will really be ready to pay for it’s unimaginable to say. An replace on Twitter’s verification system is predicted any day now.

Musk additionally tweeted a ballot to his 112 million Twitter followers on Monday asking them in the event that they’d wish to see the return of short-form video platform Vine. Twitter operated the app from 2013 till 2016 when it determined to shutter the service, regardless of it having round 200 million energetic customers. Around 70% responded to Musk’s ballot saying they’d wish to see Vine return.

Many modifications seem like coming to Twitter. But the exact nature of these modifications is, for now, nonetheless unknown.

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