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Updated on: Jun 2022
Musk acquired Twitter: employees fear layoffs and future
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Musk acquired Twitter: employees fear layoffs and future

Elon Musk takes over Twitter, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, for a whopping $44-billion cash deal. The 16-year-old company will be a private entity and wholly owned by the celebrity CEO of Tesla after the deal is complete. Twitter Inc. employees reacted on the takeover with a mix of enthusiasm, fear, […]

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Twitter Announces Elon Musk to Join Board of Directors
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Twitter Announces Elon Musk to Join Board of Directors

On Tuesday, Twitter announced that Mr. Musk, 50, would be appointed to its 11-person board in a term that expires in 2024. That followed the revelation on Monday that Mr. Musk had accumulated a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, making him its biggest shareholder. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal called Elon Musk “a passionate believer and […]

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Twitter calls its employees back to the office by tomorrow
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Twitter calls its employees back to the office by tomorrow

Parag Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter has announced that its offices will reopen from March 15, globally. “Twitter forever works from home policy still holds,” says Agrawal. Recently, he said that employees can choose a hybrid working model, some days from the office and some days from the home. Agrawal, who was promoted to […]

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Twitter to welcome employees back in the office
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Twitter to welcome employees back in the office

Parag Agrawal, the new chief of Twitter on Thursday said it will reopen offices globally this month but let people work remotely if they wish, as many businesses end closures put in place to fight the spread of Covid-19. Google is also preparing for employees to return to its Silicon Valley offices in early April, […]

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Twitter appoints Samiran Gupta as Head- Public Policy Team in India
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Twitter appoints Samiran Gupta as Head- Public Policy Team in India

Social Media platform Twitter appoints Samiran Gupta as Head- Public Policy Team in India. In his new role, he will lead Twitter’s public policy and philanthropy efforts in India and South Asia. Prior to joining Twitter, Mr. Gupta was the head of stakeholder engagement in South Asia for ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and […]

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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees
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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work-life; along with masks and sanitizers, working from home (WFH) became a lifestyle change for professionals. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become a new normal. Most of the employees (80%) admitted that they prefer […]

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal takes ‘few weeks’ of parental leave
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal takes ‘few weeks’ of parental leave

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, 37, is taking “a few weeks” of paternity leave for the birth of his second child, the micro-blogging platform has confirmed. Agrawal, who became Twitter CEO in November and is the executive sponsor of Twitter’s internal parents’ community, plans to be “connected” with the company’s executive team during his leave. “It’s a personal decision, […]

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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees
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These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work-life; along with masks and sanitizers, working from home (WFH) became a lifestyle change for professionals. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become a new normal. Most of the employees (80%) admitted that they prefer […]

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Manish Maheshwari quits Twitter to join Ed-tech venture Metaversity
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Manish Maheshwari quits Twitter to join Ed-tech venture Metaversity

Former Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari quits the company and announced that he is all set to join an Ed-tech venture Metaversity His resignation came just months after he was transferred to the United States in August when Twitter was engulfed in a range of controversies regarding compliance with the new IT rules. Most […]

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Twitter appoints Parag Agrawal as new Chief Executive Officer
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Twitter appoints Parag Agrawal as new Chief Executive Officer

Parag Agrawal has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Twitter. This comes after Jack Dorsey stepped down as the CEO of social media platform Twitter. Jack Dorsey said, “I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders. My trust in Parag as Twitter’s […]

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Twitter transfers India head Manish Maheshwari to US, assigns a new role
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Twitter transfers India head Manish Maheshwari to US, assigns a new role

Twitter has transferred India head Manish Maheshwari, against whom an FIR was registered in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a probe related to a video of an alleged hate crime, to the US. While the company did not specify any reason for the change, it said Maheshwari will move to the US as Senior Director […]

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Twitter appoints Vinay Prakash as Grievance Officer for India
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Twitter appoints Vinay Prakash as Grievance Officer for India

The US social media giant’s Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakash as the new grievance officer, providing contact details and procedures for users to report potential violations of its rules and terms. And the company has also released its first India Transparency Report to meet the new IT rules. Earlier, Twitter had appointed Dharmendra Chatur as its interim […]

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