Twitter fires two execs, freezes hiring amid Elon Musk buyout uncertainty
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What you need to know Twitter has fired two executives and placed a freeze on non-essential hiring. CEO Parag Agrawal fired the two executives amid expectations that they too will leave the company when Elon Musk`s buyout is completed. One of them was fired while on paternity leave. Twitter has today fired two executives amid a shakeup that will also see the company place a freeze on hiring amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the potential buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The news started to be made public after product lead Kayvon Beykpour announced on Twitter that he had `been asked to leave` by current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. That`s the same Agrawal that Musk has already made noises about replacing if and when his buyout is completed. Beykpour was on paternity leave at the time of the firing. 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...