Elon Musk Says Twitter Spends A Mammoth $13 Million Every Year On Food Service At Its Headquarters

Twitter employees who have till now survived the layoffs after Elon Musk took over last month may soon have to pay for their own meals.

The world¡¯s richest person is likely to scrap the free meals served at Twitter¡¯s headquarters in San Francisco because it was costing the company around $400 per worker.

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What Musk Tweeted About Twitter's Free Food

Elon Musk took to Twitter to say that offering free meals at the company cafeteria had become unsustainable because ¡°almost no one came to the office.¡±

He estimated the free meals cost the company around $13 million a year.

Especially bizarre given that almost no one came to the office. Estimated cost per lunch served in past 12 months is >$400.

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2022

Reacting to this, a Twitter employee who quit after Musk took over, denied his claims a few hours later, saying the free meals cost the company no more than $25 per person per day.

¡°This is a lie. I ran this program up until a week ago when I resigned because I didn¡¯t want to work for @elonmusk,¡± tweeted Tracy Hawkins, Twitter¡¯s former vice president of work transformation.

¡°For breakfast & lunch we spent $20-$25 a day per person. This enabled employees to work thru lunchtime & mtgs. Attendance was anything from 20-50% in the offices.¡±

Elon Musk fired back, saying the company¡¯s records indicate office occupancy peaked at 25%, with an average of about 10%.

False. Twitter spends $13M/year on food service for SF HQ. Badge in records show peak occupancy was 25%, average occupancy below 10%.

There are more people preparing breakfast than eating breakfast.

They don¡¯t even bother serving dinner, because there is no one in the building.

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2022

¡°There are more people preparing breakfast than eating breakfast,¡± Elon Musk said. ¡°They don¡¯t even bother serving dinner, because there is no one in the building.¡±

Musk¡¯s decision to charge for food sparked a debate on Twitter with many accusing the mogul of attempting to ¡°starve¡± his employees. ¡°He fired 3/4 of the employees. Now he¡¯s planning to starve the rest of them,¡± one user said.

Others, however, pointed out that free lunch is far from the norm in most offices, even for a tech company.

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All this comes amid Elon Musk's plan to quickly revamp Twitter in more ways than one. He also warned about 'not ruling out bankruptcy' if the company doesn't begin generating more cash flow. In his first message to Twitter employees after the takeover, the billionaire had ended the work-from-home facility, thus mandating employees to come to the office.

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