Twitter layoffs to begin Friday amid Elon Musk takeover: internal email

By
-
0
131


World

By Sheila Dang

Reuters

4:49
Elon Musk proposes monthly Twitter verified fee despite initial user backlash and promises massive layoffs coming imminently

Since closing his 44 billion dollar deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has been generating plenty of headlines over the past week, including promising massive layoffs. Tech expert Amber Mac has a quick breakdown of what it all means.

Twitter will alert employees by 9 a.m. Pacific time (12 p.m. EDT/1600 GMT) on Friday about whether they will be laid off, the company said in an email to staff on Thursday.

“In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” said the email, seen by Reuters.

Trending Now

Inflation will chart Canada’s economic fate, Ottawa’s fiscal update shows

Lowes selling Canadian retail business, including RONA stores, to private U.S. equity firm

Read more:

Musk’s Twitter takeover: Some Canadian professionals thinking of quitting platform. Why?

Twitter said in the email that its offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended in order “to help ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data.”

(Reporting by Sheila Dang; Editing by Sandra Maler)

&copy 2022 Reuters