An ousted senior Twitter engineer blasted Elon Musk on his approach out the door, accusing the billionaire of putting in a “Vichy authorities” after taking on the embattled social media platform.
Taylor Leese, Twitter’s senior director of platform companies and an outspoken critic of Musk’s takeover, revealed Sunday that he “simply obtained fired” by the corporate.
Leese aimed some selection phrases at Musk’s staff and its deliberate reshuffling after the Tesla boss closed the $44 billion deal for the social media web site Thursday.
“The continued layoff course of is an entire farce and a humiliation,” Leese tweeted. “It’s a bunch of Tesla goons making selections about individuals they know nothing about different that variety of code commits. It’s full absurdity.”
Leese took one other jab at Musk after a former co-worker described him as one of many “most real leaders.”
“They’re not in search of real on this Vichy authorities,” replied Leese, referring to the puppet regime in Nazi-occupied France.
Leese had labored at Twitter since Could 2015, in keeping with his LinkedIn account. Previous to his position as senior director of platform companies, Leese was the corporate’s director of software program engineering.
The Submit has reached out to Leese and Twitter for touch upon the scenario.
Whereas Leese didn't present particular particulars about his obvious dismissal, the ex-Twitter director had shared quite a few posts crucial of Musk in the previous few days.
He additionally retweeted a number of posts addressing the likelihood that the billionaire might lay off some Twitter staff simply earlier than they have been attributable to obtain fairness grants that vest on Tuesday.
Leese cryptically hinted at discord in a tweet hours earlier than he was ousted.
“We’re nearing the discover out stage of f–okay round and discover out,” he wrote.
Musk is broadly anticipated to enact mass layoffs at Twitter as he seems to chop prices and revamp the social media firm’s enterprise. The Washington Submit reported that Musk’s staff was aiming to slash 25% of its roughly 7,500 staffers in an preliminary spherical of layoffs starting this week.
Musk personally denied a New York Instances report suggesting he was aiming to keep away from making fairness payouts to Twitter staff.
Musk’s takeover of Twitter had reportedly prompted a mass exodus of staff in latest months. Critics have alleged that Musk’s emphasis on free speech will embolden far-right voices on the platform.
In the meantime, the potential of main layoffs has dominated the dialog round Musk’s early days at Twitter. Final week, a pair of pranksters duped a number of media retailers into reporting that the layoffs had already begun.
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