Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal elaborated on his position in a series of tweets on Saturday after Elon Musk announced he would be holding off on the decision to acquire the social media giant.
Twitter chief executive Parag Agarwal said on Friday that he had announced a leadership change and hiring freeze to “build a stronger Twitter” even as the company is being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk.
Parag Aggarwal also expressed his opinion two days later of twitter Top executive fired by CEO. He said that the deal with Elon Musk is expected to close, however, the deal does not become an excuse to avoid making decisions important to the health of the company, adding that Twitter needs to be prepared for all scenarios and Always do what is right for it.
Agarwal said that though some people are asking why a “lame-duck” CEO would make this change if Twitter is being acquired. In response to these comments, the CEO said that although he expects the deal to close, Twitter needs to be prepared for all scenarios and should always do what is right for it.
“We announced changes to our leadership team and operations yesterday. Changes that impact people are always difficult,” the CEO tweeted, “I will not use the deal to avoid making decisions that are important to the health of the company and Neither will any leader on Twitter.”
He said he is responsible for leading and running Twitter. The CEO also said that it is his job to build a strong Twitter every day.
Agarwal continued in another tweet that Twitter will be improved as a product and business for customers, partners, shareholders and all users, regardless of future ownership of the company.
“No one on Twitter is just doing it to keep the lights on. We’re proud of our work,” the CEO wrote in a tweet. He said he is still focused on doing his job, and that includes making tough decisions as needed.
“I will continue to embrace the deeper complexities of our service and our business. And you can look forward to change for the better,” the CEO said.
“I will also try to bring more transparency to my work. You won’t see tweets by me on the ‘topic of the day’ or the loudest sound bites, but our teams on the ongoing, continuous and challenging work of improving public conversations on Twitter. working for.”
He also thanked the entire Twitter team. He praised the team on Twitter, writing, “They stand strong and focused, fast and agile. They are working as usual.”
Earlier, two senior Twitter leaders who oversee the consumer and revenue divisions would leave the social media company, Chief Executive Officer Parag Agarwal told employees in a memo on Thursday, after billionaire Elon Musk announced the biggest shake-up in the company. -Up is one of the. Will buy it for $ 44 billion.
Agarwal also said in the memo, which was seen by Reuters, that Twitter would halt most hiring and review all existing job offers to determine whether any “should be pulled back.”
He attributed the decision to partly because Twitter wasn’t able to hit user growth and revenue milestones to maintain confidence that it can reach the aggressive growth goals it set in 2020.
“We need to be intentional about our teams, hiring and cost,” Agarwal wrote.