Elon Musk's Twitter takeover sees senior staff fired in 'change of direction’

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Twitter staff have been fired in a massive shock move made ahead of Elon Musk securing the deal to take over the platform.Musk, 50, continues to crack the whip following his $44billion (£35bn) takeover of the social media giant.The organisation recently fired two high-profile employees, including its head of Consumer Product and head of Revenue, in a shocking decision.Kayvon Beykpour and Bruce Falck have been sacked from the social media company, with Beykpour – who worked at the organisation for seven years – being fired while on paternity leave.The former Twitter executive Beykpour who founded Periscope admitted he had not wanted to go but was brutally booted by CEO Parag Agrawal.The disappointed father revealed that he received the news while he was on paternity leave so they could "take the team in a new direction".He tweeted: "The truth is that this isn't how and when I imagined leaving Twitter and this wasn't my decision."Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction."It comes after CEO Parag wrote to staff that there would be changes to the organisation, saying that some were in their control and others were not.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.He added that these changes would be hard, but they were right for the company and that it was vital to have correct leadership at this moment.Musk is expected to become chief executive of Twitter once the deal is secure, between three to six months from now.Last month it was confirmed that the SpaceX founder secured the deal to take over the micro-blogging platform.He previously owned just over 9% of the company but made a.