Zuckerberg, Musk and Layoffs: Revisiting PR roles in internal communications
By Queen Nwabueze Yet again, the management role of public relations just as the good, old Mexican Statement preaches has come rattling. Truthfully, it messes up everything when leaders claim they believe in transparency and empathy, but when the time comes, they aren’t always showing it. Who would have thought that Elon Musk who so empathized with Donald Trump when he was ‘fired’ from tweeting, promising to buy the platform just to enthrone freedom of speech, finally took over and now wants all his $44billion recouped immediately. Actually many of us trusted him when he promised we’d all be free like that Twitter bird if he eventually took over. Commenters like John Cloutier had hailed: “I believe Mr. Musk when he says he wants to restore Twitter to a forum…
