Conventional wisdom suggests that if you work in a profit center, your job is much more safe during layoffs.
This did not hold true at Twitter, where, surprisingly, staff working on ads - which generated ~$5B/yr - we’re laid off like anyone else.
It is hurting the ads business:
This did not hold true at Twitter, where, surprisingly, staff working on ads - which generated ~$5B/yr - we’re laid off like anyone else.
It is hurting the ads business:
Even though I am a tiny ad spender, I also noticed ads being glitchy.
As I talked with current software engineers at Twitter, they told me the eng team was fired, systems are transferred to a new team w little context & the eng taking it over just got a performance warning.
As I talked with current software engineers at Twitter, they told me the eng team was fired, systems are transferred to a new team w little context & the eng taking it over just got a performance warning.
https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1596165194849329152
Screenshot from the first tweet from The Financial Times: ft.com/content/126219…
Another engineer said staff shortages are so bad that large ads (over $1M) aren’t reviewed, and are on hold.
Twitter’s main customers used to be advertisers. Odd to push them to churn right now.
Another engineer said staff shortages are so bad that large ads (over $1M) aren’t reviewed, and are on hold.
Twitter’s main customers used to be advertisers. Odd to push them to churn right now.
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