Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring
The two execs fired were:<p>- Kayvon Beykpour, Head of Consumer Product (3 years, 11 months) [1]; and<p>- Bruce Falck, Revenue Product Lead (5 years at Twitter, 3 years and 11 months in this position) [2]<p>Kinda weird that both people were just shy of serving 4 years in their current roles. When I see moves like this my immediate thought is always, it&#x27;s to save or make money. For example, there could be an options pool in the event of a change of control. Well, you&#x27;ve just fired a couple of people right before a huge vest (probably; I have no concrete information) and increased your share of that options pool.<p>It just reminds me of Skype firing executives at the Microsoft buyout to avoid payouts [3].<p>Otherwise making these moves before an acquisition has closed doesn&#x27;t make a lot of sense. My money is on this having everything to do with money.<p>EDIT: Updated comment as the link was updated from the original Twitter thread by Kayvon Beykpour about his firing.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;kayvon-beykpour-2b264b4?original_referer=https://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;kayvon-beykpour-2b264b4?original...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;brucefalck?original_referer=https://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;brucefalck?original_referer=http...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seattletimes.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;skype-fires-executives-avoiding-payouts-after-microsoft-buyout&#x2F;#:~:text=Tony Bates, CEO of Skype,people familiar with the matter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seattletimes.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;skype-fires-executives...</a>.