Barely One Week After Pausing Hiring, Twitter Sacks Two Top Officials

Barely one week after it announced that it had paused most hiring, Twitter has fired two top senior executives leading the company’s consumer and revenue operations.

Expressing his surprise in a tweet, Kayvon Beykpour, who was in charge of the consumer division, said he is presently on paternity leave and that the news came as a disappointment to him after being asked to leave.

He said: “Interrupting my paternity leave to share some final Twitter-related news: I’m leaving the company after seven years.”

According to the media, Bruce Falck, who was in charge of revenue, also tweeted on Thursday, adding that leaving the company was not their decision.

Falck tweeted: “I’ll clarify that I too was fired by (Parag). But he appeared to delete the tweet later. His Twitter bio now says unemployed.”

He added: “I wanted to take a moment to thank all the teams and partners I’ve been lucky enough to work with during the past five years. Building and running these businesses is a team sport. Everything this team has done and will do sits on the shoulders of the giants that did this work – those dedicated IC engineers who seldom see the spotlight or get the recognition they deserve. The unsung heroes that make Goldbird and Twitter what it is”.

He further dedicated his five years of working with Twitter to his former colleagues.

“It’s been awesome. There is a lot more to do, so get back to work. I can’t wait to see what you build,” he said.

Ever since Elon Musk declared that he was buying Twitter, and the $44bn (£36bn) takeover became imminent, different stories have been rocking the widely used platform.

Ahead of Twitter takeover, Elon, in an interview with Financial Times, said he was determined to bring back the suspended account of the former president of the United States, Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Twitter has revealed that it focused its attention on hiring for business-critical roles rather than all offices.

According to Twitter, during Mr Beykpour’s absence, Jay Sullivan will lead the consumer unit and become the permanent head of the division. He will also oversee the revenue team until a new officer is appointed.