[HN Gopher] Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces major reorganiza...
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces major reorganization
Author : coloneltcb
Score : 34 points
Date : 2021-12-03 19:41 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| varunprasad wrote:
| They've restructured how their divisions are reorganized.
|
| You cannot do that without firing some top leaders.
| ksangeelee wrote:
| I'd like to see Twitter unwind the recent requirement to have an
| account simply to read linked tweets and threads.
|
| This is such a horribly hostile requirement, Twitter should be
| ashamed of the mockery they are making of the web.
| systemvoltage wrote:
| Especially when it _is_ a public square. Lots of officials and
| government agencies to your local fire department uses Twitter
| to communicate to public _exclusively_.
|
| Unacceptable and despicable. It has unbelievable to me that we
| are using a for-profit platform for communication between
| governments and the public they serve.
|
| Fuck Twitter.
| ivraatiems wrote:
| What's going on? First Dorsey steps down, then massive new
| rule/policy changes are unilaterally applied and cause chaos, now
| a reorganization?
|
| Anybody who works at Twitter around to comment on what the heck
| is happening?
| [deleted]
| formertweep5849 wrote:
| I don't know if this is still true but when I was there reorgs
| were practically a monthly tradition. They happened so often it
| became something of an inside joke, and the execs had to come
| up with a different word for them.
| ksec wrote:
| Jack Dorsey Out At Twitter: Did He Quit Or Was He Fired?
|
| https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/twitter-did-jack-dor...
| ivraatiems wrote:
| An interesting read - thank you!
| viro wrote:
| what was the new rule/policy change? I must have missed it.
| paraxisi wrote:
| https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/private-i.
| ..
| viro wrote:
| Thanks.
| thunkshift1 wrote:
| Relax, this is looks like a standard new boss shake up
| tata71 wrote:
| Cryptocurrency
|
| web3/Web 3.0
| tata71 wrote:
| Also, no joke: watch Mr. Robot.
| felistoria wrote:
| Why do I get the feeling these new policies will not be
| enforced evenly...
| ragnot wrote:
| It is pretty standard to have a new CEO change up the previous
| lieutenants. Helps cut down on people who are still entrenched
| to the "old" ways. If the new people are actually better or not
| isn't really relevant. Loyalty is the only thing that matters
| at that level.
| underwater wrote:
| I once had a leader come in and commit to not making radical
| changes, that he was going to listen and learn and then make
| adjustments accordingly. That was so refreshing and I really
| respected him as a result.
|
| It feels like more often than not execs who come in and
| immediately change things are just pattern matching
| approaches they've seen previously without actually
| understanding what they're trying to change. A classic
| example is Marissa Mayer's attempts to Googlify Yahoo. You
| can't change a business model or a culture by doing a reorg.
| It's literally cargo cult behaviour.
| 1123581321 wrote:
| I admire that as well, and would work hard to provide that
| kind of person with a lot of information, but there are
| people who would take advantage of the bought time to work
| against the eventual decisions, and that approach also
| doesn't curry as much favor when urgent changes are
| perceived to be needed.
| ragnot wrote:
| It's not about changing the business model or culture. It's
| ensuring that the CEO can survive and has allies he can
| work with. I hate to break it to you, but execs who come
| from the outside (i.e. non founders) rarely care about the
| long term future of the company.
|
| What do they care about? The stock options they were
| granted. The notch in their resume. And of course the
| money. Relatively short term plays. Surrounding themselves
| with familiar people cuts down on the tremendous political
| burden the job bears and allows them to get to those short
| term profits in an easier way.
| astrange wrote:
| Parag has been a Twitter engineer for the last 10 years.
|
| Reorganizing away from a functional structure is a weird
| choice, though.
| ragnot wrote:
| Perhaps. Or perhaps over those 10 years he was keeping a
| list and had some scores to settle. I've found execs "in
| the game" (so to speak) rarely forget.
| taurath wrote:
| Still less than a week after the previous CEO steps down,
| especially unexpectedly, is incredibly fast.
| aliswe wrote:
| sometimes a CEO is elected/employed only to execute these
| kinds of changes ...
| ksec wrote:
| And for good reason. The new incoming CEO would have
| little to no relationship with any employees. Right now
| the CEO, quote
|
| > Two executives, head of engineering Michael Montano and
| Dantley Davis, will step down as part of the reshuffling.
|
| Reads to me more like power play.
| meepmorp wrote:
| The guy was CTO, so it's not like he doesn't know the
| people involved. Is it surprising that he may've already
| had a plan in mind?
| riffic wrote:
| I've been doing a bit of #birdwatching over in the Twitter
| subreddit. There've been a few notable departures today. Seems
| interesting.
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