Twitter has fired a product supervisor who as soon as slept within the firm’s places of work to fulfill deadlines set by Elon Musk. Esther Crawford led the social community’s Twitter Blue redesign following Musk’s $44 billion acquisition final yr. She was reportedly overseeing Twitter Funds not too long ago. The corporate has additionally fired Martijn de Kuijper, the founding father of the publication platform Revue which it acquired in January 2021 and shut down final month. General, Twitter laid off greater than 50 staff final week, Zoë Schiffer of Platformer reported.
Twitter laid off Esther Crawford and dozens extra staff
Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October final yr and instantly began firing staff. The corporate’s international workforce was decreased by greater than 50% in just some weeks beneath the brand new possession. However, a couple of month later, Musk introduced an finish to the firing spree and stated that the social community will begin hiring quickly. Whereas we haven’t heard about new joiners since then, Twitter has continued to put off staff. There have been a number of rounds of layoffs since Musk made that assertion in November. A report final month stated that Twitter has laid off greater than 80 % of its international workforce since Musk’s acquisition.
Worse but, layoffs nonetheless haven’t ended. Twitter reportedly fired a number of dozen staff over the weekend. Schiffer claims that the quantity is “properly above 50”. The most recent spherical of layoffs has hit a number of departments inside the firm, together with engineering. Esther Crawford is among the many most notable departures. She was one of many few who accepted Musk’s “hardcore” work tradition as a part of “Twitter 2.0”. Just some days after the acquisition, Crawford shared an image of herself sleeping in her Twitter workplace. “When your workforce is pushing around the clock to make deadlines generally you sleep the place you’re employed,” she stated.
When your workforce is pushing around the clock to make deadlines generally you #SleepWhereYouWork https://t.co/UBGKYPilbD
— Esther Crawford ✨ (@esthercrawford) November 2, 2022
Quick ahead to at present, Twitter has fired her. Crawford is happy with what she achieved, although. “I’m deeply happy with the workforce for constructing by means of a lot noise & chaos,” she not too long ago tweeted confirming her departure from Twitter. Ella Irwin, the corporate’s present head of Belief and Security, responded saying: “Thanks for working so exhausting to assist lay the inspiration for Twitter 2.0 Esther. You’ll be missed.”
Twitter fires Revue founder after shutting down the publication platform
Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper is one other outstanding Twitter worker affected by the newest layoffs. The social community employed Martijn as a part of its Revue acquisition a few years again. However, the platform didn’t take off as the corporate hoped for. Twitter finally pulled the plug on it final month. It has now let go of Revue’s founder as properly. “Waking as much as discover I’ve been locked out of my e-mail. Appears like I’m let go. Now my Revue journey is basically over,” Martijn not too long ago tweeted. At this fee, we received’t be shocked if Twitter lays off extra staff within the coming weeks. We are going to preserve you posted.