Elon Musk Twitter initiated large-scale layoffs, and numerous employees have verified that they would be laid off. Employees who were 8 months pregnant were also let go. Musk began cutting Twitter's operating expenditures after taking over the firm. Twitter management began firing staff one by one through email. According to sources, over half of Twitter's 7,500 employees will be let off, and another staff claim they will no longer be able to access the system overnight.
Balmain lives in the UK but is part of Twitter's Los Angeles office and works remotely for a few hours a day. In an interview, he elaborated on the process of his dismissal.
"Everyone got an email saying the company was going to make massive layoffs," Balmain said. After about an hour, employees' laptop access started being logged out remotely , along with Slack channels and Gmail company mailboxes. "
Rachel Bonn, a marketing manager at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, said she was also laid off despite being eight months pregnant.
Rumman Chowdhury, Twitter’s head of machine learning ethics, posted a screenshot showing that he was no longer able to log into his work account.
Choudhury added: "Imagine the relief you feel when you're the target of the big villain Thanos."
"Well, it's true," wrote Lauren pinella trelor, Twitter's former head of onboarding support, "We've received layoff emails from the company. Jobs at Twitter The experience and the sense of solidarity is unforgettable. The best days may not yet come, and I'm really sad right now."
Some of the fired Twitter employees have filed lawsuits against Musk and the company, claiming they were not given advance notice of layoffs.
Late Thursday, Twitter employees received a memo acknowledging that layoffs were imminent at the company.
"In order to put Twitter on a healthy path, we will have a hard time launching global layoffs on Friday," a company source said. "We recognize that this will affect many people who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but unfortunately this action is necessary to ensure the company can continue to move forward."
"We acknowledge that this has been an extremely challenging experience, whether you have been affected or not," Twitter said.
Twitter also said the company would temporarily close its offices as a safety precaution during the mass layoffs.
There have been reports in recent months that Musk has privately told investors that he plans to cut operating costs after the deal closes. Musk complained that he was "clearly overbid" for Twitter at $54.20 a share.
Musk revealed on Friday that Twitter had lost a significant amount of revenue due to pressure from activist groups on advertisers. At present, Musk is actively promoting Twitter to launch a paid subscription service of $8 a month to increase the company's revenue.
In addition to the layoffs, Musk reportedly plans to eliminate Twitter's remote work policy, as well as an additional "off day" for all employees of the company month.