Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Apologizes After Elon Musk Lays Off Staff
Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey apologized for growing the company too quickly after Elon Musk’s team laid off approximately half of the workforce, as reported by NBC News.
“Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realize many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly. I apologize for that,” Dorsey tweeted.
“I am grateful for, and love, everyone who has ever worked on Twitter. I don’t expect that to be mutual in this moment…or ever…and I understand,” he continued.
One Twitter user, however, pointed out a tweet Dorsey wrote in April in which the former CEO praised Musk as the “singular solution I trust” to take over the company.
“I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness,” Dorsey wrote at the time, saying that Musk’s goal of creating a platform that was “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is the right one.”
CNBC reported that as of June 30, 2013, the social media platform had about 2,000 employees. That number climbed to more than 7,500 full-time workers by the end of last year.
