New Delhi: After Tesla chief Elon Musk made a $43 billion cash takeover offer on microblogging site Twitter on Thursday, its chief executive officer Parag Agarwal reassured employees that the company will not be taken “hostage”, according to Reuters news agency. is being built.
Responding to employees on queries posted on the company’s Slack messaging service, Agarwal asked employees to stay focused and told them that “we as employees control what happens,” according to the source.
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Sharing his views on the proposed acquisition, Agarwal said the board was continuing to review Musk’s offer, but was limited in sharing it with employees.
Responding to a question-and-answer session, an employee asked how the company reached the decision to give Musk a board seat.
“Will we start inviting any and all billionaires on board?” According to the segment of the meeting heard by Reuters.
Agarwal replied that the board was acting in the best interest of the shareholders. “I have a strong view that the voice of those who criticize our service is something we should emphasize so that we can learn and get better,” he said.
Asked how he saw Musk’s definition of free speech and whether it matches with how Twitter views the concept.
Agarwal, who did not directly respond to the question, said much of the company’s work was focused on continual improvement in the “health of conversations” on Twitter.
Earlier in the Q&A, Agarwal said that he believes that “Twitter stands for more than one human being, any human being.”