Twitter to freeze hiring, may rescind offers ahead of Musk deal
Twitter's hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts are a reflection of the company’s state of uncertainty while it awaits Elon Musk’s takeover.
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Twitter's hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts are a reflection of the company’s state of uncertainty while it awaits Elon Musk’s takeover.
Twitter GM of Consumer, Keyvon Beykpour, announced today he will be leaving the company after seven years. Beykpour first joined the social media platform by way of its acquisition of Periscope, which he founded. He said in a tweet he was asked to leave by current CEO Parag Agrawal, who wants to take the team […]
Agrawal, 37, announced that Twitter will not be hiring new employees for the time being and may take back offers already out to prospective hires, according to a memo.
In what may be a bid to right the ship after a disappointing quarter, or a gesture toward trying to hold on to his job when Musk's purchase of the company closes, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal fired two top executives and laid out cost-cutting measures in a memo to employees this week.
Twitter has today fired two executives amid a shakeup that will also see the company place a freeze on hiring amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the potential buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.