Elon Musk Texts Suggest Twitter Mass Layoffs Coming If Buyout Goes Through

Text messages between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and a number of his contacts that were made public this week suggest the businessman is considering mass employee layoffs at Twitter if his deal to purchase the social media platform goes through.
The text messages were released in a court filing (pdf) as part of Musk’s ongoing legal battle with the social media platform and show communications between Musk and business leaders, media personalities, celebrities, Twitter executives, and friends.
In one exchange between Musk and American entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, the two spoke of how Twitter’s revenue per employee was low when compared to other tech giants like Google, suggesting potential layoffs may be on the table….