That is not a good way to start out if he wants to endear himself to Twitter’s employees. Plus, in his offer letter to Twitter, Musk himself stated, “I don’t have confidence in management.”

Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, should it go through, would be a huge change for Twitter, said Buoyant’s Morgan, the former Twitter employee.

Companies shouldn’t be heavy-handed when trying to hire away Twitter employees, Morgan suggested: “Do a gentle ping.”

An even better approach would be to reach out to Twitter employees on Twitter itself, he said.

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