Twitter’s Australian news and government manager Flip Prior among the global job cuts
Flip Prior
Twitter Australia news and government partnerships manager Flip Prior is among the victim of job cuts at the social media company as it looks to shed up to 336 positions from its global workforce.
Prior tweeted: “Sad to say my days at Twitter are coming to an end due to global events”.
It led to a series of replies expressing surprise, including one from ABC presenter Mark Colvin who, in a direct tweet to Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, said: “@flipprior built Twitter’s brand in Australia the way no-one else could have”.
A shame to see this news. Flip was a really great twitter representative and will be missed.
I really liked Flip and I don’t doubt her enthusiasm and commitment to the job.
I must say, though, that I’ve always found Twitter AU’s approach to working with media brands always ended with a “now what?” that they could never clearly answer.
Flip is a talented person and will be snapped up in no time, I’m sure. But I think this is emblematic of the wider problems Twitter faces, and at present they’re not offering much in the way of a solution.
Thought they would be hiring not firing?