New Delhi: WhatsApp India chief Abhijit Bose and Meta India director of public policy Rajeev Agarwal have tendered their resignations today, marking yet another high-profile exit in the tech industry in recent months. Earlier, Meta India chief Ajit Mohan stepped down from his post to join rival social media app Snap. The exit of top executives from the organization assumes significance after a few days ago Meta announced to lay off 11,000 of its employees globally.
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WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose has written a long note on LinkedIn and explained why he took this tough decision. He said he delayed his decision to tender his resignation because of the massive Meta layoffs a few days ago.
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“It’s been a difficult week for our entire team at WhatsApp as we’ve had to say goodbye to many wonderful colleagues over the past week. In the midst of all this, I just shared some news with my WhatsApp and India teams. This had been planned for some time, but given the events of the past week, we wanted to put it on hold so that we could focus on supporting those affected last week,” wrote Abhijit Bose in a LinkedIn post.
Speaking about his decision to leave WhatsApp, he said that he is looking forward to his next gig. He plans to rejoin the world of entrepreneurship after a short break as some of his companies are doing well and may soon become global leaders in their respective fields.
“I believe the next 5 years will be transformative for India – many of our existing pre-IPO companies are very rapidly becoming global leaders in their respective fields,” he added.
Ending his note, he bid a final farewell to WhatsApp and said: “WhatsApp has the potential and the opportunity to change the world. I hope we keep our ambition and aggressiveness achievable beyond the influence, external and consideration of others! ,