The big laundry will begin in the social network Twitter. A week after its acquisition by Elon Musk, the layoffs are due to begin this Friday, November 4. And there should be many of them.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
There will be no one in the premises of Twitter in San Francisco (California), all day this Friday, November 4. Employees have been asked to stay home, awaiting the ax. The network’s 7,500 employees have been informed by e-mail that the difficult process of downsizing begins today.
The message specifies that it is necessary to ensure the success of the forward march of the company. Those who escape dismissal will receive a message on their internal address. For others, it will be on their home address.
All sectors concerned
The message does not specify how many people will lose their jobs, but the washington post, after announcing 75% layoffs several days ago, finally understands that half of the employees will be thanked. All sectors are concerned: engineering, security, sales, marketing and the legal department.
The new boss intends to physically return to the office those he has chosen to keep. This is not very surprising, because a few months ago, Elon Musk had informed employees of Tesla, its electric car construction company, that telework was over. When he took power, on the night of October 27 to 28, the richest man in the world said that the bird was ” released “. It was to pluck it better.
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