Elon Musk fires more Twitter employees

Elon Musk started with a bang after his Twitter takeover. He abolished the home office and summarily dismissed half of the workforce. At a works meeting he then saidthat there should be no further layoffs. But according to reports, more employees have now had to go.

The Twitter workforce has shrunk significantly. After new owner Elon Musk laid off around half of the workforce, another 1,000 employees left the company voluntarily. From the original 7,000 employees, only around 2,700 are now left.

Meanwhile, at a works meeting, Musk recently announced that there should be no further layoffs. On the contrary: The tech billionaire even said that he wanted to advertise new jobs. Again Business Insider but now, citing “reliable sources,” Musk has announced dozens more resignations.

Elon Musk fires dozens of Twitter engineers

On the night of Wednesday, November 23, 2022, the Twitter CEO fired numerous software engineers. According to the sources, the affected employees were again terminated for performance reasons. They would also have received a month’s severance pay.

The process was similar to that of the previous mass layoffs. The company blocked the access to those affected and sent a letter of termination to their private e-mail addresses. According to reports, the layoffs are based on the new guidelines that Elon Musk had previously introduced.

Twitter is understaffed

The new Twitter boss has not only overridden the company’s home office regulations, but will also demand weekly proof of work from all employees in the future. Software engineers apparently have to document their work with code snippets.

The remaining employees are meanwhile overwhelmed. According to the sources of the Business Insider so understaffed, in fact, that many employees have to work Thanksgiving. The platform also doesn’t seem to run completely smoothly anymore. Because recently there were reports that, for example, the in-house copyright system had failed.

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