ELON Musk sparked another round of controversy after appearing to publicly fire a Twitter employee over a tweet. The online spat comes as the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's tenure as Twitter boss continues to be marked by a series of early disputes over the direction of the platform. The latest person to feel the ire of the ...Chief Twit' is Eric Frohnhoefer \- a Twitter employee who decided to publicly cross his new boss. Who is Eric Frohnhoefer? Eric Frohnhoefer is a software engineer who worked for Twitter for eight years, according to his LinkedIn. He was given the boot after a public row with the world's richest man about the performance of the app.
TwitterEric Frohnhoefer was sacked after contradicting his new boss online '/ ' Why did Elon Musk fire Eric Frohnhoefer? The public firing kicked off after Musk tweeted an apology to his followers for slow Twitter speeds for Android users. Frohnhoefer disagreed with his new boss' contention, firing back ...this is wrong.... ...Twitter is super slow on Android. What have you done to fix that?..., asked Musk. Most read in News RAPPER BUSTED Shock vid shows rapper tackled by cops in 'surprise arrest' in front of crowd 'HE TOOK HER' Casey Anthony breaks silence on daughter's death to blame dad in shock twist DEADLY PLAN UVA 'shooter waited until return to campus before fatal attack killing three' LAST WORDS Eerie post from student shared hours before 4 pals killed in 'crime of passion' DEATH RIDDLE Chilling call linked to deaths of Idaho students killed in 'crime of passion' COPS SLAMMED JonBenét Ramsey's dad breaks silence after major update pageant queen's murder Despite listing off several of his responsibilities and disagreeing with Musk's assessment that ...the number of requests is the primary issue..., the new CEO clearly wasn't having it. The clash also led Frohnhoefer to be criticised by other Twitter users for airing out his grievances so publicly. ...I have been a developer for 20 years. And I can tell you that as the domain expert here you should inform your boss privately,... one user wrote. ...Trying to one up him in public while he is trying to learn and be helpful makes you look like a spiteful self serving dev.... Later, another user tagged Musk in Frohnhoefer's subsequent tweets about the row, advising that ...with this kind of attitude, you probably don't want this guy on your team.... Elon responded to that message within an hour, tweeting: ...He's fired.... Frohnhoefer replied to the tweet with a saluting emoji.
AFPElon Musk's tenure as Twitter boss has been marked by a series of early controversies '/ ' What has Eric Frohnhoefer said about being fired from Twitter? Frohnhoefer subsequently tweeted out a photo of his locked laptop screen, and seemed to confirm his sacking as he ed: ...Guess it is official now.... Twitter is yet to confirm whether the software engineer was fired, but sources told the Daily Beast his Slack account within Twitter was offline Monday. Read More on The US Sun
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DARK ROAD RHOBH alum Denise Richards was 'shot at' in terrifying road rage incident But Frohnhoefer won't find himself alone, as Musk has already cut huge scores of jobs at Twitter. He even vowed to fire up to 75 per cent of staff, and has particularly targeted employees that focus upon misinformation monitoring.
