Twitter’s France Head Quits Amid Mass Layoffs, Tweets Exit Message

Twitter’s head of French operations, Damien Viel, mentioned he was quitting the social media platform, whose new proprietor Elon Musk not too long ago fired prime executives and enforced steep job cuts on the firm.

“It’s over,” Viel tweeted on Sunday, thanking his crew in France, which he led for the final seven years.

Viel confirmed he was leaving Twitter in a separate message to Reuters.

He did not elaborate on the circumstances of his departure and declined to say how many individuals Twitter employed in France both earlier than or after Musk’s takeover of the corporate final month.

Twitter has had a bumpy journey since Musk, the world’s richest particular person, took cost.

It has lower employees by half, whereas Musk has raised the opportunity of the social media platform going bankrupt.

He not too long ago advised workers to contemplate whether or not they needed to remain on “working long hours at high intensity” or take a severance package deal of three months pay.

It  was not too long ago reported that Twitter CEO Elon Musk has requested the managers to approve distant work of their crew members at their very own job threat. Last week, Musk in an electronic mail to his workers mentioned, “Regarding remote work, all that is required for approval is that your manager takes responsibility for ensuring that you are making an excellent contribution. It is also expected that you have in-person meetings with your colleagues on a reasonable cadence, ideally weekly, but not less than once per month.”

“At risk of stating the obvious, any manager who falsely claims that someone reporting to them is doing excellent work or that a given role is essential, whether remote or not, will be exited from the company,” he added, in accordance with a report by The Verge.

On November 10, Musk wrote in an electronic mail to workers, “Managers will send the exceptions lists to me for review and approval.

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