New layoffs have just been made within two divisions of Twitter.
There is a little taste of Highlander right now on Twitter. Does Elon Musk play the “ there can only be one ” at the end ?
Half of the communication workforce fired
What’s going on in Twitter? Yes, we know, this question has already been asked a number of times in recent weeks, even to the point that the German authorities are asking for direct monitoring of the social network.
But if we have mainly talked about the various decisions of Elon Musk, and his influence in the public space, there is also movement inside the social network itself. So when he arrived, the billionaire had quickly decided to lay off half of the workforce. Yes remember, it was in early November. An eternity it seems with everything that has happened since.
It is good to remember these events to put new information into context. According to Theodora Skeadas, a member of the defunct Trust and Safety Council, who has also just lost her job, half of her colleagues in the communication branch of Twitter have just been sacked.
Twitter has lost 75% of its employees
And this is not the only branch affected by these layoffs. According to this time The information, part of the team in charge of the infrastructure was also fired. In total, it is simply 75% of employees who have been dismissed since Elon Musk took power.
Suffice to say that the social network seems determined to work with a reduced team, following the rhythm “ hardcore demanded by the new management. The offices transformed into bedrooms are there to testify to this.
It remains to be seen whether this is a decision specific to the management of Twitter, or whether Elon Musk intends to reduce the workforce of all his companies. It must be said that we have just learned that Tesla was also going to sack employees at the beginning of next year.
Sources: Techcrunch, The Information
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