Do you remember the Twitter executive who was captured sleeping on the floor of the headquarters following Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” work culture? Yes, she has been fired!
The New York Post got the details;
Esther Crawford, a holdover from the old regime who reportedly gained Musk’s trust and elbowed her way into the reclusive mogul’s tight inner circle, was given the boot over the weekend, according to the Information.
Sources told the tech news site that Crawford and several other product leaders learned they were fired after they were locked out of their company systems over the weekend.
Crawford took to social media late Sunday and responded to the torrent of criticism from Twitter users who noted that she got the ax despite her loyalty to her new boss.
“The worst take you could have from watching me go all-in on Twitter 2.0 is that my optimism or hard work was a mistake,” Crawford tweeted.
“Those who jeer & mock are necessarily on the sidelines and not in the arena,” she said, referencing a famous quote by Theodore Roosevelt.
“I’m deeply proud of the team for building through so much noise & chaos.”
Several Twitter users accused Crawford of being “sycophantic” while others snarked that it was a “real shocker that sleeping in the office wasn’t enough.”
Crawford, who was entrusted to oversee the Twitter Blue subscription service, stood out because she was one of the few of Musk’s trusted lieutenants who was not brought over from one of his other companies — Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Co.
Crawford was one of dozens of engineers, product managers, data scientists and team heads who were let go, according to the tech-centered news site.
At least 200 employees were laid off in the latest round of cuts, according to reports.
It is a cold world no snuggie.
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