Who is Yash Agarwal, ex-Twitter employee whose lay off post is winning the internet?

Yash Agarwal, a
25-year-old Indian man, is among the thousands of workers Elon Musk’s Twitter
has laid off. Twitter is on a downsizing phase and is letting many of its
employees go after Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX,
decided the company required cost cuts after he acquired it for $44 million.

Agarwal’s tweet found
an immense amount of appreciation on social media because he struck a very
different tune from the way people usually respond when they’re let go from
their jobs.

After he got to know
that he was being laid off, Yash Agarwal tweeted: “Just got laid off. Bird App,
it was an absolute honour, the greatest privilege ever to be part of this team,
this culture.”

Who is Yash
Agarwal?

Yash Agarwal, 25,
worked as a public policy associate at Twitter India, according to his LinkedIn
profile. Agarwal had joined the social media giant in March 2021 as a public
policy coordinator. His LinkedIn bio says that he has a combined experience of
three and half years working in Twitter, in the consulting arena and the Indian
Parliament.

At Twitter, Agarwal was
focussed on working through the company’s external partnerships, government
relations and coordination around elections and other campaigns. He performed
policy research analysis work for Twitter’s Policy team focussed on India and
South Asia.

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Yash Agarwal is an
entrepreneur himself who runs a knowledge platform called Public Policy India (PPI).
Agarwal has also worked as a LAMP (Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament)
Fellow.

Agarwal has a degree in
journalism from the Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication.

Social
media response

Yash Agarwal’s tweet
received a lot of love on social media. “This positive outlook towards life is
rare to see. Wish you unmatched success and happiness in everything you choose
to do! Best wishes for your future endeavours,” a Twitter user commented.

“Never seen or read
laid off tweet with so much energy and enthu(siasm). Wishing you all the best
and you will get a great opportunity,” wrote another.