Musk hopes to eventually find new Twitter boss - as he gives staff 'hardcore' ultimatum

Elon Musk has said helium plans to trim his clip astatine Twitter and yet find idiosyncratic other to tally the company.

Musk made the remarks portion testifying successful the US authorities of Delaware, wherever he's defending himself against claims from shareholders that his $56bn (£47bn) wage bundle astatine Tesla was excessively generous.

"There's an archetypal burst of enactment needed post-acquisition to reorganise the company," Musk said successful his testimony.

"I expect to trim my clip astatine Twitter and find idiosyncratic other to tally Twitter implicit time," helium added.

He besides revealed helium hoped to implicit the restructuring of the organisation this week successful a bid to easiness the turbulence that has reigned since his takeover.

Rapid alteration has occurred astatine the institution since Musk's acquisition, including a gutting of elder absorption and laying disconnected fractional the workforce.

In further moves to shingle up the firm, Musk has sent a connection to unit informing them of a coming alteration successful culture.

He told them them they had until Thursday to determine if they wanted to enactment connected astatine the institution to enactment "long hours astatine precocious intensity" oregon instrumentality a severance bundle of 3 months' pay.

Musk told Twitter employees that anyone who had not clicked connected a nexus confirming "you privation to beryllium portion of the caller Twitter" by Thursday evening New York clip would beryllium considered to person quit.

"Going forward, to physique a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and win successful an progressively competitory world, we volition request to beryllium highly hardcore," the connection said.

"This volition mean agelong hours astatine precocious intensity. Only exceptional show volition represent a passing grade."

Musk said Twitter would beryllium "much much engineering-driven" nether his leadership, adding that "those penning large codification volition represent the bulk of our squad and person the top sway."

The billionaire has besides abolished distant working, saying unit would beryllium expected to beryllium successful the bureau astatine slightest 40 hours per week and informing Twitter mightiness not "survive the upcoming economical downturn".

He has besides taken a no-nonsense attack towards employees who publically criticise the company.

Several erstwhile staffers fishy they person been fto spell for posting captious comments astir Musk oregon the institution online.

One root told Reuters helium received a termination email overnight that said "your caller behaviour has violated institution policy", and said helium believed implicit 20 radical were fired successful the latest round.

Several others tweeted connected Tuesday that they had received the aforesaid emails.

"I would similar to apologize for firing these geniuses," Musk tweeted connected Tuesday. "Their immense endowment volition nary uncertainty beryllium of large usage elsewhere."