That has left the workplace in disarray. With folks packed into extra confined areas, the scent of leftover takeout meals and physique odor has lingered on the flooring, in line with 4 present and former workers. Bogs have grown soiled, these folks mentioned. And since janitorial companies have largely been ended, some employees have resorted to bringing their very own rolls of bathroom paper from residence.

Mr. Musk’s erratic and hands-on type has thrown off a variety of employees, as he usually interrupts conferences seemingly at random, speaking for lengthy stretches and asking some high leaders to be sounding boards for his concepts, two folks acquainted with his administration of Twitter mentioned.

He has additionally requested some leaders to snuff out the sources of leaks to the press and nameless posts on social media websites, three folks mentioned, and is concentrated on eliminating folks inside the corporate he believes are against him.

Employees count on extra layoffs. As a result of the gross sales employees was reduce lower than different groups in earlier rounds of dismissals, some folks anticipate additional cuts to the division. U.S. income numbers proceed to flag, with promoting income down considerably over the primary week of December in contrast with the place it was one yr in the past, two folks mentioned.

Regardless of the steep cuts, Mr. Musk has continued to spend in some areas. Twitter has employed a number of new workers in current weeks, changing employees who had been terminated throughout mass layoffs in November.

However the coaching course of for brand new workers has been considerably decreased, chopping to 90 minutes what was as soon as three days of orientation that included info on compliance with privateness and safety agreements with world regulators, three folks mentioned. In a single case, a brand new rent contacted a former worker on LinkedIn to get an understanding of how companies labored on the firm, in line with the previous employee.

Mr. Musk has additionally introduced in dozens of engineers from his different corporations, together with Tesla and SpaceX, to work at Twitter. Whereas Tesla engineers aren’t on Twitter’s payroll, the automaker has billed the social media agency for a few of their companies as in the event that they had been contractors, in line with paperwork seen by a former Twitter supervisor.