Twitter’s new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, told Twitter employees via email on Thursday that they would receive a notification by 12 noon ET on Friday to inform them of their employment status, as part of the cut. of the number of workers, and said that this measure is “unfortunately necessary.” To ensure the success of the company in the future “.
The letter said all employees would receive the information by Friday morning, but did not specify how many people would be affected by the layoff.
According to the Washington Post, 50 percent of the roughly 7,500 employees working at the Twitter headquarters will have to leave.
“We are aware that a number of people who have made significant contributions to Twitter will be interested, but unfortunately this action is necessary to ensure the company’s future success,” the company told employees.
According to the notice, those who will keep their jobs will receive an email on their work account, while those who are fired will receive a notification on their personal email and employees have been reminded not to disclose “company information. confidential “on social media or the press.
This comes at a time when Twitter users are anxiously awaiting how the new owner of the social network will translate his vision of freedom of expression on the platform with broad influence, and how his attitudes will be reflected in the management of tweet content.
Musk is looking to form a council that specializes in content supervision.
The billionaire and Tesla founder confirmed that he has discussed with NGOs interested in minority rights about how Twitter continues to fight hatred and harassment.
Source: CNN
