{"id":56813,"date":"2014-05-05T09:40:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=56813"},"modified":"2014-05-05T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T07:40:13","slug":"paypal-exec-fired-over-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/56813\/paypal-exec-fired-over-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal exec fired over tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

PayPal, the payment processing arm of eBay Inc, said on Saturday that it parted ways with a recently-hired strategy executive after he posted a series of disparaging and at times indecipherable tweets.<\/p>\n

“Rakesh Agrawal is no longer with the company,” PayPal said on Saturday in a Twitter message. “Treat everyone with respect. No excuses. PayPal has zero tolerance.”<\/p>\n

Agrawal, who was hired about two months ago, could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

He sent several messages on Twitter, which have since been deleted, from a jazz festival in New Orleans that, among other things, specifically insulted Christina Smedley, vice president of global communications at PayPal.<\/p>\n

One tweet said, “Duck you Smedley, you useless middle manager,” according to copies of the tweets posted by news website Business Insider.<\/p>\n

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