The scandalous administration of Chirping Of Elon Musk was again in the eye of the storm due to a new wave of layoffs to reduce costs and rebalance the company’s complex economic situation.
The number of affected employees is not known at the moment, although second The informationthe list would amount to more than fifty peoplealthough it is probably much higher.
The reduction in staff affected workers in all teams and departments, including engineering and product. Some employees learned of their termination through an email they received late Saturday, late at night. Others have verified that they no longer have access to the technology’s internal system.
Just a few months ago, Twitter promised to end mass layoffs, but this isn’t the first time the company has gone back on its word. Elon Musk continues to cut staff in mass layoffs affecting dozens of employees, as happened this Saturday.
She slept in the Twitter office and was fired: Esther Crawford’s scandalous departure
Among those affected is the CEO of Twitter Payments, Esther Crawford, who justified that some employees had to sleeping at Twitter HQ to meet the new deadlines and created the hashtag #SleepWhereYouWork (#DuermeDondeTrabajas).
Crawford’s sacking left no one indifferent; the responsible executive of Twitter Payments was also responsible redesign Twitter Blue, the new paid subscription of the platform. Consigned to the sacrifices required by a company in full reconstruction, Crawford declared a few months ago that “creating new things on the scale of Twitter is very difficult”.
“I have teammates all over the world striving to start something new, so it’s important for me to introduce myself to them and keep the team unlocked,” she added shortly after sharing a photo of herself sleeping on the floor . of the company offices.
Founders of several startups that had joined Twitter through acquisitions, including Revue and Uenoannounced last Sunday that their positions had also been eliminated.
As confirmed by sources close to the company, Twitter had avoided firing these founders so as not to have to accelerate the award of new and larger licenses.
During the final months of 2022, the new CEO laid off more than 3,700 company employees in a bid to cut costs following a $44 billion transaction. “I heard Twitter layoffs last night were well over 50 and affected multiple departments, including engineering. If you know more, please contact me,” journalist Zoë Schiffer tweeted on Sunday.
Crawford’s isn’t the only notable sacking on Saturday, Musk also decided to terminate the contract of Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper. “Wake up and find that I they blocked access to my email. It seems they let me go. Now my Revue journey is truly over,” the product manager tweeted.
Crawford’s isn’t the only notable sacking on Saturday, Musk also decided to terminate the contract of Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper. “Waking up to find I’ve been locked out of my email. Looks like they let me go. Now my Revue journey is truly over,” the product manager tweeted.
After the new wave of layoffs, Musk dedicated a tweet to the victims: “I hope you have a good Sunday. First day of the rest of your life”. De Kuijper did not hesitate to answer him by dedicating an ironic “Thank you, Elon!”. It is estimated that since the arrival of the tycoon Twitter has cut more than 80% of its staff, which has directly affected the proper functioning of the platform.
Source: Clarin
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