A person in a mask approaches the New York Twitter offices after they announced they will close their re-opened offices effective immediately in response to updated CDC guidelines during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021.
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Twitter is pausing most hiring this week as two executives are leaving the company, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
The news comes as billionaire Elon Musk seeks to complete his $44 billion deal to buy the company and take it private. Musk told banks in raising money for the deal he would cut executive and board pay and push the company to lower other costs, Reuters previously reported.
Head of consumer Kayvon Beykpour and revenue product lead Bruce Falck are leaving the company, the spokesperson confirmed. Reuters earlier reported that CEO Parag Agrawal told employees the news in an email.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, Beykpour said it wasn’t his decision to leave Twitter. He shared the news of his departure while in the midst of paternity leave, he said.
“Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction,” he wrote.
Twitter said it will pull back on non-labor costs and that Jay Sullivan would take over as general manager of Bluebird, the consumer team, and interim general manager of Goldbird, the revenue team.
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