The billionaire, racked with paranoia, had convinced himself that not all of Twitter’s employees were real. His fears that Twitter couldn’t discern between its human and bot users had mutated into the notion that the company also couldn’t keep track of its employees. In meetings, he fretted about what he called “ghost employees” who might be collecting paychecks from the company without earning them. Before Twitter sent out any payments, it needed to conduct an audit to ensure all its employees were real. When Pacini introduced the idea on the noon call, several executives burst out laughing
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