Twitter employees in the dark as Elon Musk purges top execs

Twitter employees — including people in senior roles and those with lots of stock at stake — were left in the dark Thursday night as Elon Musk closed his deal to take over the company. They got the news on Twitter.

Why it matters: Employees have been through a wild ride over the past few months, being forced to continue operating a company without any assurance that their jobs or work would remain intact after the deal closed.

As of Thursday night, many Twitter employees hadn't received any sort of internal updates or communications about what was happening, despite press reports confirming the deal was done and that the company's four top executives had been fired.

Many we're scrambling to get details about whether their own department heads were fired alongside top executives.

Between the lines: The deal will make some of those same employees rich.