Jack Dorsey takes responsibility for Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter

Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and former CEO, responded to the mass layoffs under Elon Musk’s ownership by saying he owns “the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation” and that he grew the company “too quickly.” On Friday, Musk laid off about half of Twitter’s workforceThis affects employees in all departments.

“Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment,” Dorsey writes. “I realize many are angry with me. I’m responsible for the situation. I grew too quickly the company. I apologize for that.”

“Elon is the singular solution I trust,” Dorsey stated on TwitterApril. “I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.” He expressed this same sentiment in the Not disclosed private messages in text as a part of Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk. In a message to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Dorsey said, “I won’t let this [the acquisition]Failure is normal and we will try again. It’s too critical to humanity.” Dorsey retained a 2.4 percent stake in Twitter when Musk assumed ownership, according to a filingWith the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Prior to laying off about 50 percent of Twitter’s staff, which Included 15%The team responsible for content moderation Musk also fired AgrawalA number of other executives including Ned Segal, chief financial officer, and Vijaya Gadde, policy chief. A group of Twitter employees have filed a class-action lawsuitThe company was accused of failing to give them sufficient notice about the job cuts, in accordance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Acts (WARN) and the California WARN Act.