Elon Musk issued so many orders after taking over Twitter that staff made him sign some off in case he forgot, report says
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- Elon Musk made so many requests at Twitter that staff asked him to sign some off, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- Employees feared Musk would forget all the orders he'd issued, per the Journal.
- Musk's changes reportedly included having his tweets amplified and removing safety measures.
Elon Musk's erratic demands after taking over Twitter were so constant his subordinates took to asking the billionaire to sign off on his requests for fear he would forget, according to a new report.
The world's richest man has made several big calls in an attempt to transform the platform, now known as X, after buying it for $44 billion last October.
About half of Twitter's workforce was culled shortly after Musk took control in October last year. Many of his decisions since then appear to have been made on the fly. Musk stepped back as CEO in June, handing over to Linda Yaccarino.
Musk also ended the platform's "blue tick" verification and replaced it with a subscription service called X Blue, formerly Twitter Blue.
Major changes demanded by Musk have come alongside several internal shifts during his tumultuous 11 months of ownership.
He ordered engineers to boost the amount of people who saw his tweets after Joe Biden's post about the Super Bowl got more hits than his, Platformer reported.
These demands extended to the accounts of friends and business partners. Two people familiar with the matter told Insider the company was monitoring the feed of billionaire investor Marc Andreesen after he complained.
Musk also restored the accounts of controversial figures, including Kanye West and Donald Trump. He reinstated Ye's account after the rapper contacted Musk personally, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper, cited unnamed sources, reported that such requests were made so frequently employees decided to write some down and ask Musk to sign them.
It's the latest insight into how employees responded to Musk's often anarchic management style, typified by his demand late last year that employees commit to "hardcore Twitter" – or quit.