Twitter fired two of its top managers on Friday, the latest sign of internal turmoil amid the company’s planned purchase of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.
A Twitter general manager, Kayvan Bekpore, is leaving after seven years. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Mr Bekpour said CEO Parag Agarwal said this after “telling me he wants to take the team in a different direction.”
Twitter’s head of revenue and product Bruce Falk was also fired, according to a tweet, which has since been removed. His Twitter bio now says “unemployed.”
“I dedicate this tweet to those engineers and thank you all for the opportunity to serve with you. It’s been wonderful. There’s so much more to do. Get back to work, I look forward to seeing you.” Can’t do what you make,” Mr Falk tweeted.
Twitter confirmed both departures and said that the company is halting most work and leaving aside important commercial roles. In addition, it said in a statement, “We are pulling back on nonessential labor costs to ensure that we are responsible and efficient.”
Mr Becpour was General Manager of Consumer Twitter, leading the design, research, product, engineering and customer service and operations teams, according to his Twitter bio. The co-founder of live streaming app Periscope, Mr Becpour joined Twitter when the social media company bought his startup in 2015.
“I hope and hope that the best days of Twitter are still ahead of it. Twitter is one of the most important, unique and influential products in the world. With the right nutrition and leadership, that impact will only grow,” he said on Twitter. said.
Mr Becpour did not immediately respond to a message for comment.
In a memo sent to employees and confirmed by Twitter, Mr. Aggarwal said Twitter has achieved growth and revenue milestones after the company began investing “aggressively” to expand its user base and revenue. not affected.
Shares of San Francisco-based Twitter slipped 86 cents to $45.23 on Thursday afternoon. That’s just 3 cents more than Mr. Musk’s offer price of $45.20 per share.