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...It is sending employee morale to new lows after management caused upheaval by carrying out multiple rounds of lay-offs over the past 18 months, one senior staffer said....
...Additional reporting by Hannah Murphy in San Francisco If you have any related information, please contact cristina.criddle@ft.com and hannah.murphy@ft.com...
...But there are plenty of dangers to bringing a highly paid star on to your team, including tanking team morale when workers think the star is getting special treatment....
...The uncertainty had resulted in disruption and low morale internally for months, multiple insiders said....
...Additional reporting by Peter Campbell, Joshua Franklin, Dave Lee, Hannah Murphy and Michael O’Dwyer...
...Some employees warned morale was suffering as teams got restructured to accommodate Zuckerberg’s new vision, which many have not yet bought into....
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...The events have further sapped morale in Whitehall....
...Meanwhile, morale at Twitter is low among some staffers as Musk sets in motion plans for broad lay-offs....
...The judge, Kathaleen McCormick, however, agreed with Twitter that such a lengthy delay was simply too much for the company to bear — it has been hit by low morale, staff exits and business disruption internally...
...“Twitter now has an acquirer who no longer wants it, a CEO and board who wants to get rid of it, and an employee base who’s caught in the middle of it all as their morale plummets.”...
...Twitter is struggling with staff departures, falling morale and reduced spending by marketers as Elon Musk’s on-off pursuit of the social media company hits its $4.5bn-a-year advertising business....
...Morale at Twitter has been low throughout the process, with many employees uncertain about job security if the deal is finalised, or, if it falls through, whether the company’s share price might be hit....
...Among remaining employees, morale is low because of job uncertainty and division over whether Musk, who promised to bring a “free speech” ethos to the platform, should run it....
...On the other hand, if the sale collapses, he could be tasked with reviving a company with a crushed share price and rock-bottom employee morale. “They’re dangling over a void....
...Twitter could opt to accept a settlement or negotiate with Musk for a lower price to avoid what would be hefty legal fees and further uncertainty amid lay-offs and rock-bottom morale inside the company....
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...But it has also angered many Twitter staffers who regard it as a betrayal of the social network, which is facing upheaval in the form of hiring freezes, cost-cutting measures and low morale and whose employees...
...If the sale collapses, Agrawal could face the task of reviving a company with a crushed share price and rock-bottom employee morale. “They’re dangling over a void....
...Her appointment as acting commissioner was intended to restore morale at the agency following a turbulent 2020, when it came under fire from Donald Trump, the former president, for being too slow to approve...
...Dr Fauci told the Financial Times: “She is the kind of personality, somebody who is very inclusive, who would likely be very good for the morale of the CDC. It’s had a tough year.”...
...“The main implication for me is to underline the weakness of much of the west’s cyber defences and in that respect it’s a bit discouraging, morale-sapping, it’s frankly a bit embarrassing,” says Ciaran Martin...
...Chris Morales, head of security analytics at the cyber security group Vectra, said that while the move may have been prompted by genuine concern that others could exploit the vulnerability, “it just could...
...“Iran is not as sophisticated in its cyber capabilities as it primarily leverages black market malware,” said Chris Morales, head of security analytics at Vectra, referencing the fact that the country tends...
...Before we had to let most of them go, our Asia teams reported long-term isolation harms morale. And frankly, our lawyers advise we can’t afford to appear uncaring....
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