Elon Musk refused to pay travel expenses Twitter incurred before he took over the company, according to The New York Times.
Twitter executives racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel invoices, which the company intended to pay, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed current and former employees.
The travel charges were reportedly approved by Twitter’s previous management.
But when Musk bought the platform, he declined to pay the bills and his staff have avoided calls from travel vendors, sources told the publication.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk has put several cost-cutting measures in place since closing his $44 billion Twitter acquisition last month. He laid off half of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce and has cut the company’s contract workforce.
Musk has warned staff to prepare for “difficult times ahead” and described a dire economic environment that would impact Twitter’s advertising revenue. Some advertisers have paused spending on Twitter since Musk bought the company.
“Without significant subscription revenue, there is a good chance Twitter will not survive the upcoming economic downturn,” Musk told employees in an email this month, according to the Associated Press.
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