'So Many Things Are Broken': Cash-Focused Musk Reportedly Tried Selling Office Plants To Twitter Employees

Twitter CEO Elon Musk reportedly tried to sell the plants at the company's office to his employees. According to an engineer, who is still employed by Twitter, Musk's focus has only been on money. 

The anonymous engineer told the BBC that Musk had sacked the cleaning and catering staff at the office. 

"There are so many things broken, and there's nobody taking care of it, that you see this inconsistent behavior," BBC quoted the engineer saying. 

"For someone on the inside, it's like a building where all the pieces are on fire. Looking at it from the outside, the façade looks fine, but I can see nothing working. All the plumbing is broken, all the faucets, everything," the engineer said. 

In January, Twitter held a year-end auction and sold surplus furniture items in its San Francisco office.   

The company laid off thousands of workers across the company, a move justified by Musk. 

Last month, one of the laid-off employees, Amir Shevat, told the BBC that Musk had "failed" in leading the company.

"We wanted to make people's lives more pleasant and productive," Shevat said. "And all of that went to garbage when Elon bought the company."

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Earlier, it was reported that the social media platform had shed about 80% of its employees since Musk took over, and the headcount hovers at around 1,300 employees. Later, Musk quashed the report and said Twitter has about 2,300 active employees. 

Multiple companies have sued Twitter for failing to pay bills. The lawsuits for the non-payment of the bills have piled up since December 2022. 

Additionally, Twitter has been bleeding advertisers since Musk took over, with several high-profile companies pausing promotions on the platform. 

Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion. The social media company posted a net loss of $270 million in the second quarter that ended June 30, 2022, compared to a profit of $66 million in the same period the previous year. 

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