Esther Crawford said on Twitter that she’s going on a solo vacation after she was laid off at Twitter.
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A former Twitter executive said she’s taking a vacation just weeks after she was laid off.
Esther Crawford was one of Elon Musk’s top lieutenants and went viral for sleeping at the office.
In Silicon Valley, generous severance packages sometimes pose an opportunity for travel.
Esther Crawford, a former top executive at Twitter, said she’s going on a solo vacation just a few weeks after she was laid off from the social media company.
“This is my first time without a job since grad school so I’m heading out on some solo travel — first stop is a few days in Hong Kong!” Crawford tweeted on Sunday night.
—Esther Crawford ✨ () March 13, 2023
Crawford made headlines last year after a photo of her sleeping at Twitter’s headquarters went viral as Elon Musk touted his “hardcore” work culture.
The Twitter executive worked at the company for over two years after it acquired her startup, Squad, in 2020, according to her LinkedIn page. After Musk purchased Twitter in October, she was identified as one of his top lieutenants and was put in charge of the company’s new subscription service, Twitter Blue, before she was laid off in February.
On Tuesday, Crawford posted a photo from her travels on Instagram.
“Took the tram up to The Peak to get an amazing view of Hong Kong,” she wrote. “What a beautiful place.”
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Crawford isn’t the only former Twitter executive to take off on vacation after the widespread layoffs. In February, Twitter’s former head of ad sales, Robin Wheeler, appeared to go on a few trips after she was laid off.
“Status: Jackson Hole. Currently knee deep in powder and ordering anything that starts with Elk/Bison/Buffalo,” Wheeler tweeted on February 21.
—Robin Wheeler () February 22, 2023
Earlier that month, she’d said she’d returned from a “sabbatical vacay in Mexico.”
—Robin Wheeler () February 2, 2023
Crawford and Wheeler did not respond to requests for comment from Insider ahead of publication.
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