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Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#31

OT but one thing I've noticed is that Twitter has scaled back its aggressive modal/login prompt when viewing the site without being logged in. This seems to have occurred recently. It seems like it would have nothing to do with the acquisition talks but, curiously, it coincided with them.

Still happens here.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#34
post #8

I can't help but wonder if this is to ensure he gets a good severance package before Musk comes in and cleans house? I can only hope, but it doesn't seem likely based on tone :(.

You could simply read the linked URL where it doesn't sound like it was a good firing?

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#35

OT but one thing I've noticed is that Twitter has scaled back its aggressive modal/login prompt when viewing the site without being logged in. This seems to have occurred recently. It seems like it would have nothing to do with the acquisition talks but, curiously, it coincided with them.

This may be in the middle of an A/B test - I still get pestered every time when in incognito mode.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#36
post #31

OT but one thing I've noticed is that Twitter has scaled back its aggressive modal/login prompt when viewing the site without being logged in. This seems to have occurred recently. It seems like it would have nothing to do with the acquisition talks but, curiously, it coincided with them.

Still happens here.

use a US proxy/VPN

or better yet, use Nitter

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#37
post #6

Twitter's consumer product team is truly awful and have just made the product more and more miserable to use, so I don't cry too much about the change in leadership. Having said that, firing someone on paternity leave is terrible and would be rightly illegal in many countries.

I mean, what do you expect from the United States, one of the only countries in the UN that doesn’t require employers to have paid parental leave.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#38
post #17

Why is Parag making any major changes at this point? What "new vision" is he going to execute in his last few months at the company before Elon comes in and torpedoes it anyways?

Why do you think this isn't what is required as part of the acquisition plan?

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

#39
post #21
post #6

Twitter's consumer product team is truly awful and have just made the product more and more miserable to use, so I don't cry too much about the change in leadership. Having said that, firing someone on paternity leave is terrible and would be rightly illegal in many countries.

Firing someone for being on paternity leave is definitely illegal in most places, but laying off executives and high level business folks before a transition at the top isn't illegal. I wonder if being on paternity leave is a "get out of layoffs free" card where you simply cannot be laid off with others while you're out.

My wife was on maternity leave when Covid layoffs happened at her company. She didn’t get laid off. But at the time we both looked at each other and wondered “did we just get saved by maternity leave?”

She is great at her job so we have no reason to think she would have otherwise been laid off. But plenty of people who were great at their jobs got laid off due to Covid. So it’s hard not to wonder.

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