{"id":1615,"date":"2016-01-29T19:18:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T11:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/29\/jack-dorsey-tries-to-rally-twitter-staff-after-epically-brutal-week\/"},"modified":"2016-01-29T19:18:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T11:18:49","slug":"jack-dorsey-tries-to-rally-twitter-staff-after-epically-brutal-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/29\/jack-dorsey-tries-to-rally-twitter-staff-after-epically-brutal-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey tries to rally Twitter staff after epically brutal week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jack-dorsey-nyse\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzI5LzVhL2phY2tkb3JzZXluLjIxODA4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/39bfd2b7\/0c1\/jack-dorsey-nyse.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Jack+Dorsey+tries+to+rally+Twitter+staff+after+epically+brutal+week&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F29%2Ftwitter-employees-rally%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F29%2Ftwitter-employees-rally%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Nearly <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/24\/twitter-exodus\/\">half of Twitter&#8217;s top executives<\/a> are on their way out the door \u2014 some heading to direct competitors like Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The stock is in free fall with one analyst calling it &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/25\/twitter-darkest-hour\/\">total junk<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>And industry watchers are wondering when or if the social network will start significantly growing its user base again<\/p>\n<p>In short, it&#8217;s been a pretty lousy week for the little blue bird and the team that keeps it running.<\/p>\n<p>With that as the backdrop, Twitter&#8217;s CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey took the stage at the company&#8217;s regular &#8220;Tea Time&#8221; all-hands meeting on Thursday to rally the troops and pay respects to the departing executives \u2014 while wearing a plain white t-shirt and a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kudeki\/status\/692788037080584192\">pricey Rick Owens shoes<\/a> fit for someone <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/20\/jack-dorsey-square-twitter\/\">just teetering on the brink of billionaire status<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/29\/twitter-employees-rally\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/twitter\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/startups\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Startups<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jack-dorsey\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jack Dorsey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/business\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Business<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/company-news\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Company News<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/qu0quCL7sBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of Twitter&#8217;s top executives are on their way out the door \u2014 some heading to direct competitors like Instagram. 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