Outgoing employees say the company has been inordinately slow to provide information about how the payout process will work, and confusion reigns about the ultimate package the company will give people.

Musk, who didn’t say when he gave the talk, has undertaken a dramatic restructuring that initially cut the firm’s headcount in half.

Across the country, government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter over the last decade.