Twitter staff told jobs safe for at least six months after Musk takes over

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Twitter staffers have been told that their jobs are safe for at least six months, according to reports.

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CEO Parag Agrawal and Bret Taylor, the chair of Twitter’s board, addressed the company’s employees at 5 p.m. on Monday, according to the New York Times.

Billionaire Elon Musk is set to take over Twitter in six months under the terms of his $44-billion purchase of the social media giant.

Agrawal reportedly wouldn’t say whether Donald Trump would be allowed to rejoin Twitter, saying that was for Musk to decide.

“Some of you are concerned, some are you are excited, and some of you are waiting to see how this goes. I know this affects all of you personally,” Agrawal reportedly said.

“It is an emotional day, and I just want to acknowledge it.”

Employees worrying about job security were reportedly told that that business will operate as usual until a deal closes in the next six months, Bloomberg’s Kurt Wagner reported.

Staff were told there would be no layoffs “at this time,” but there are no guarantees on the table when Musk takes over.

But in a sign of the possible internal unrest, new product launches were delayed amid fears, Bloomberg speculated, that employees could “go rogue” and ‘push something or mess with the product on the way out the door,” the Daily Mail reported.