Two 'Woke' Twitter Executives Ousted Ahead of Elon Musk's Takeover
High-level employees pushed out by current CEO Parag Agrawal
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Twitter has ousted two more "woke" high-level executives ahead of Elon Musk's looming takeover.
Musk has vowed to fire up to 1000 of Twitter's current staff and plans major cutbacks at the executive level once he takes the reins in October.
A memo obtained by the New York Times also indicates that the company is establishing a hiring freeze.
The social media firm is cutting back on spending after showing poor performance in recent quarters.
The Times' memo reveals that two top execs have been "asked" to leave Twitter.
Twitter General Manager Kayvon Beykpour and General Manager for Revenue Bruce Falck are both leaving the company, according to a memo obtained by the NYT.
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Wokester Beykpour took a break from his “paternity leave” to complain about his departure from the company on Thursday
“Interrupting my paternity leave to share some final @twitter-related news: I’m leaving the company after over 7 years,” he wrote.
“The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision,” Beykpour added in a follow-up tweet.
“[Twitter CEO] Parag [Agrawal] asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction.”
The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision. Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction.
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) May 12, 2022
In the memo, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said, “It’s critical to have the right leaders at the right time.”
Beykpour will be replaced by Jay Sullivan, who is currently the interim general manager of the consumer product.
Sullivan’s “product vision, ability to inspire, move quickly and drive change is what Twitter needs now, and in the future,” Agrawal said in the memo.
The memo also noted that Twitter has frozen hiring, and is pulling back on discretionary spending — partly due to the company not hitting its goals in audience and revenue growth, Agrawal said.
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Musk’s pitch for Twitter includes major employee turnover and massive revenue increases.
Moreover, the investment firm Hindenburg Research says Twitter is at Musk’s mercy, noting that the billionaire could end up paying less than the $44 billion he offered last month to purchase the social media platform.
"Musk holds all the cards here,” the firm said.
"If Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter disappeared tomorrow, Twitter’s equity would fall by 50% from current levels.
"Consequently, we see a significant risk that the deal gets repriced lower.”
Musk is expected to close on the deal for Twitter within the next few months, however, he announced on Friday morning that the deal is "temporarily on hold."
"Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," he tweeted.
Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuyn
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022
