ANKARA – Elon Musk and an ex-Twitter official argued over "free lunches" at the company's headquarters after a report emerged that under the new CEO, the company would stop picking up the tab for the daily meal.
In response to a tweet of a New York Times article that said Musk "plans to begin making employees pay for lunch -- which had been free -- at the company cafeteria," Musk claimed that despite Twitter staff not coming to the office over the past year, the cost of each lunch served was upwards of USD400.
After Musk's comment, ex-Twitter executive Tracy Hawkins, who ran the meal program at the firm, joined the discussion and accused him of lying.
"For breakfast & lunch we spent USD20-USD25 a day per person. This enabled employees to work thru lunchtime & mtgs (meetings). Attendance was anything from 20-50 percent in the offices," said Hawkins, who mentioned that she resigned a week ago as she did not want to work for the new Twitter CEO.
Musk, in turn, dismissed Hawkins' claims as "false" and said Twitter spends USD13 million annually on food services for the headquarters.
"Badge in records show peak occupancy was 25 percent, average occupancy below 10 percent. There are more people preparing breakfast than eating breakfast. They don't even bother serving dinner, because there is no one in the building," he added. (Anadolu)
