According to reports, Twitter has now laid off about 4,400 of its 5,500 contract employees. The layoffs have reportedly taken place in content control and core infrastructure divisions.
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Shortly after Elon Musk took over Twitter, it had already announced layoffs as part of cost-cutting efforts due to the global recession. Following this, on November 4 the company laid off around 50% of its 7,600 employees. However, it claimed that some were mistakenly dismissed and asked to rejoin.
Twitter laid off 90% of its employees in India
Last week, Twitter India laid off 90 percent of its employees. Of the 200-plus people working in India, the social media giant has laid off 90% of its employees. Employees said a “significant chunk” of Indian employees were laid off.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, bought Twitter on October 27 for $44 billion. Subsequently, Musk fired CEO Barak Aggarwal and the CFO and some other top executives.
Elon Musk justified the layoffs by saying the company was losing about 4 million a day. According to the Twitter CEO, all those who left will be paid 3 months’ salary, and that “on Friday we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce in an effort to put Twitter on a healthy path.”