More Twitter workers flee after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum

More Twitter workers flee after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum

Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. | Photo Credit: AP Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work […]

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Twitter reportedly cuts thousands of contract workers without notice

Twitter reportedly cuts thousands of contract workers without notice

Twitter has reportedly fired thousands of contract workers as Elon Musk continues to implement aggressive measures to bring the social media giant back on its feet. According to Platformer, an estimated 4400 out of 5500 contact workers have been impacted by job cuts. Other outlets, including Axios and CNBC, claim the staff were not given […]

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Twitter fires more than 90% of India staff, leaving just a dozen

Twitter fires more than 90% of India staff, leaving just a dozen

Twitter Inc. fired more than 90% of its staff in India over the weekend – part of global reductions by new owner Elon Musk – severely depleting its engineering and product staff in a potential growth market.The company employed just over 200 people in India, and the cuts left it with just about a dozen […]

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Elon Musk, under financial pressure, pushes to make money from Twitter

Elon Musk, under financial pressure, pushes to make money from Twitter

Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, is throwing everything against the wall to make more money at the social media company. Since closing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last week, Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages — which would let users send private messages to high-profile users — to […]

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Twitter to start layoffs today: Internal email

Twitter to start layoffs today: Internal email

Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in an email to staff that it will alert employees by 9 a.m. […]

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