Twitter is abandoning long-term ambitions.. It focuses on the growth of its users
Employees of the Twitter Company endure the problems of public comments from the future owner of the social network, a change in leadership and a hiring freeze. On top of all this, some employees are transferred to new jobs as the company moves away from its more risky projects
The company plans to withdraw resources from some long-term ambitions in favor of focusing on more pressing needs.
Long-term ambitions include audio spaces, newsletters, and communities. While urgent needs are considered the growth of the number of users and customization efforts.
This means that many employees are transferred to the company's consumer product range.
Jay Sullivan, who took over product leadership earlier this month, is leading the restructuring. Employees are also speculating about layoffs, although none are planned, according to the company.
A Twitter spokesperson said: We are making some updates on the Consumer Product team structure and roadmap. We want to focus better on the areas that have the most positive impact in the general conversation.
Teams within Twitter continue to work on the Edit button feature. The goal is to release the update later this year, allowing users to edit a tweet within a limited time to send it. The previous record of the tweet is also available for viewing.
It could be months before Twitter is under the control of its future owner, Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The world's richest man agreed to acquire the company for.54.20 a share in late April. The deal valued the company at بنحو 44 billion. But the deal has not yet closed.
Employees struggle to maximize what may be the best financial outcome for shareholders, including themselves, with work chaos throughout the waiting period.
Musk's constant tweets complicated the sentiment. Staff messages at Slack's internal groups show that Musk has alienated many of them by criticizing Twitter's policies on speech and harassment and singled out the company's internally beloved chief lawyer, Vijaya Gadi.
Twitter focuses on the areas with the most positive impact
Musk gave employees more reason to be apprehensive this week after he sent an email to employees at Tesla titled: Working remotely is no longer acceptable.
Anyone who wants to work remotely must be in the office for at least 40 hours a week or leave Tesla, he said. This is less than what we ask of factory workers.
Such a policy could conflict with the current position of Twitter, one of the most prominent big tech companies that allows most employees to work from home permanently.
In an internal discussion shortly before Twitter's board accepted the deal, an employee asked if anyone was excited about the idea of Elon. The question prompted 446 responses from dozens of employees over three days, many in the negative. Some responded that Musk did not seem to recognize the challenges Twitter faces in terms of speech, or building a social network in general.
Others were enthusiastic about Musk, or at least felt his deal was a better option than continuing on the current path.
Company executives used recent employee meetings to explain that Twitter's board has a fiduciary duty to find the best possible outcome for shareholders.
Employees are also suffering from the hiring freeze and other cost-cutting measures implemented by the company. It aims to stabilize business during a turbulent period for the broader economy.
Those reductions included the cancellation of offers made to some potential new employees. In one case, an employee planning to join the company's office learned four days before its start date that his job offer had been withdrawn.
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