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...“The highest morale moment [for the business at that time] was the happy hour we hosted after parting ways with Musk,” the person said....
...Morale in parts of the business has sunk to “rock bottom” following the announcement of widespread job losses two weeks ago to preserve its dwindling cash pile....
...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...
...Morale was already low due to an ongoing internal reorganisation, according to multiple employees, but it has declined further as management has communicated little to them about the potential ban....
...Monday Opening arguments expected in a San Francisco courtroom in the criminal trial of Mike Lynch....
...Low morale: With attention shifting to the Israel-Hamas war, the west needs a viable strategy to help Ukraine — and ultimately itself, writes Ivan Krastev....
...Additional reporting by George Hammond in San Francisco...
...Morales, also now 77, had a mixed view of the “tokenism” he perceived around him....
...The uncertainty had resulted in disruption and low morale internally for months, multiple insiders said....
...Under Senequier’s leadership, Ardian expanded rapidly, scaling up its funds across buyouts, secondaries, infrastructure and credit, and opening new offices in places including San Francisco....
...Qatalyst Group, the boutique investment bank founded by Silicon Valley banking legend Frank Quattrone, has hired Adam Meister as a managing director in San Francisco....
...Some employees warned morale was suffering as teams got restructured to accommodate Zuckerberg’s new vision, which many have not yet bought into....
...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....
...The San Francisco company is preparing to file its lawsuit with the Delaware Court of Chancery against Musk early this week, one of the people said....
...A similar combination of macroeconomics and morale was on Andreessen’s mind this week....
...The San Francisco-based company has told employees that it expects to hold a shareholder vote on the deal by early August. But that could still prove challenging....
...Additional reporting by Richard Waters in San Francisco and Antoine Gara in New York...
...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....
...Napoleon is said to have estimated that the success of any campaign was one-quarter attributable to numbers and material and three-quarters to morale....
...Twitter’s share price is down significantly, morale is at an all-time low and the legal battle will take time and resources....
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