<p>Twitter employees have lambasted the tech company after the <strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/twitter-job-cut-latest-mass-layoff-sees-200-employees-fired-says-report-566199">fresh round of job cuts</a></strong>. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the social media giant has laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 per cent of its workforce. Reports have mentioned that Twitter now has around 2,000 employees,&nbsp;down from 7,500 when Elon Musk took over.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The report mentioned that the latest layoffs include product managers, big data experts and engineers working on machine learning and platform reliability.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Media reports mentioned that some of the employees received an email regarding the layoff late Saturday night. Some found out about the firing when they could not log into the company's internal system. However, Twitter did not immediately confirm the reports.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Esther Crawford, a Twitter employee gained media attention after her picture of sleeping on the office floor went viral at the time when Musk had just taken over the company. Crawford has also been fired. Reports have mentioned that she was looking after Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Taking to Twitter, Crawford wrote: "The worst take you could have from watching me go all-in on Twitter 2.0 is that my optimism or hard work was a mistake. Those who jeer &amp; mock are necessarily on the sidelines and not in the arena. I'm deeply proud of the team for building through so much noise &amp; chaos."&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Waking up to find I’ve been locked out of my email. Looks like I’m let go. Now my Revue journey is really over 🫡</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wow the layoffs last night included a ton of surprises. Hardcore Musk loyalists (more on that soon…) and the founder of the newsletter platform Revue that Twitter acquired in 2021. <a href="https://t.co/zO06QbhNpn">https://t.co/zO06QbhNpn</a></p>
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<p>The tech industry remained uncertain in the past year as several giants, including Amazon, Alphabet and Meta, have announced thousands of layoffs.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The firings come after a major hiring spree in the tech industry when the companies scrambled to meet skyrocketing demand for their products as people went online for work, shopping and entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;</p>

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Twitter employees have lambasted the tech company after the fresh round of job cuts. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the social media giant has laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 per cent of its workforce.

Twitter employees have lambasted the tech company after the fresh round of job cuts. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the social media giant has laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 per cent of its workforce. Reports have mentioned that Twitter now has around 2,000 employees, down from 7,500 when Elon Musk took over. The report mentioned that the latest layoffs include product managers, big data experts and engineers working on machine learning and platform reliability. Media reports mentioned that some of the employees received an email regarding the layoff late Saturday night. Some found out about the firing when they could not log into the company's internal system. However, Twitter did not immediately confirm the reports. ALSO READ | SpaceX launch from Florida 'scrubbed' two and a half minutes before blast-off. Here's what happened Esther Crawford, a Twitter employee gained media attention after her picture of sleeping on the office floor went viral at the time when Musk had just taken over the company. Crawford has also been fired. Reports have mentioned that she was looking after Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue. Taking to Twitter, Crawford wrote: "The worst take you could have from watching me go all-in on Twitter 2.0 is that my optimism or hard work was a mistake. Those who jeer & mock are necessarily on the sidelines and not in the arena. I'm deeply proud of the team for building through so much noise & chaos." WATCH | Apple secretly working on new innovations × Crawford's old photo. When your team is pushing round the clock to make deadlines sometimes you #SleepWhereYouWork https://t.co/UBGKYPilbD — Esther Crawford ✨ (@esthercrawford) November 2, 2022 × Other reactions to the layoff news Waking up to find I’ve been locked out of my email. Looks like I’m let go. Now my Revue journey is really over 🫡 — Martijn (@mdekuijper) February 26, 2023 × Wow the layoffs last night included a ton of surprises. Hardcore Musk loyalists (more on that soon…) and the founder of the newsletter platform Revue that Twitter acquired in 2021. https://t.co/zO06QbhNpn — Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) February 26, 2023 × FYI, Esther was fired from Twitter last night. pic.twitter.com/FUfe1Qxbm9 — Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) February 26, 2023 × The tech industry remained uncertain in the past year as several giants, including Amazon, Alphabet and Meta, have announced thousands of layoffs. The firings come after a major hiring spree in the tech industry when the companies scrambled to meet skyrocketing demand for their products as people went online for work, shopping and entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

Angry Twitter employee says 'hard work was a mistake' after fresh round of jobs cuts

<p>Just a couple of days back Twitter underwent massive layoffs, firing around 50 per cent of its employees, now another social media company is reportedly going to travel the same path. As per a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Facebook's parent company Meta is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week.</p>

<p>Reuters reports that the layoffs will affect thousands of employees and the announcement will likely come as early as Wednesday.</p>

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<p>The discouraging news comes as Meta battles a sluggish global economy, TikTok rivalry, Apple privacy changes, worries about big spending on the metaverse, and the looming danger of regulation.</p>

<p>Meta had reduced its ambitions to hire engineers by at least 30 per cent in June, and Mark Zuckerberg had advised staff to prepare for a slowdown in the economy.</p>

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<p>A few months later, in October, Meta had predicted a dismal Christmas quarter and much higher costs in 2023, which as per its estimates will reduce its stock's market value by around $67 billion and add to the more than half a trillion dollars in value already lost this year.&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to Zuckerberg, it will take around ten years for the investments in the metaverse to pay off. To save costs in the interim, he has been forced to halt employment, cancel projects, and rearrange teams.</p>

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<p>"In 2023, we're going to focus our investments on a small number of high priority growth areas. So that means some teams will grow meaningfully, but most other teams will stay flat or shrink over the next year. In aggregate, we expect to end 2023 as either roughly the same size, or even a slightly smaller organization than we are today" he said last month.</p>

<p>Increased interest rates, rising inflation, and the European energy crisis have in recent times not only forced Twitter and Meta, to cut staff, rather several technological businesses, including Microsoft Corp., and Snap Inc., have also reduced employment in recent months.</p>


Just a couple of days back Twitter underwent massive layoffs, firing around 50 per cent of its employees, now another social media company is reportedly going to travel the same path.

Just a couple of days back Twitter underwent massive layoffs, firing around 50 per cent of its employees, now another social media company is reportedly going to travel the same path. As per a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Facebook's parent company Meta is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week. Reuters reports that the layoffs will affect thousands of employees and the announcement will likely come as early as Wednesday. Watch | WION Business News | Facebook-parent Meta's India head Ajit Mohan quits The discouraging news comes as Meta battles a sluggish global economy, TikTok rivalry, Apple privacy changes, worries about big spending on the metaverse, and the looming danger of regulation. Meta had reduced its ambitions to hire engineers by at least 30 per cent in June, and Mark Zuckerberg had advised staff to prepare for a slowdown in the economy. Also read | Elon Musk's Twitter calls back some of the fired employees, says they got laid off 'by mistake' A few months later, in October, Meta had predicted a dismal Christmas quarter and much higher costs in 2023, which as per its estimates will reduce its stock's market value by around $67 billion and add to the more than half a trillion dollars in value already lost this year. According to Zuckerberg, it will take around ten years for the investments in the metaverse to pay off. To save costs in the interim, he has been forced to halt employment, cancel projects, and rearrange teams. Also read | Explained: Will Twitter layoffs breach American law? Here's everything you need to know "In 2023, we're going to focus our investments on a small number of high priority growth areas. So that means some teams will grow meaningfully, but most other teams will stay flat or shrink over the next year. In aggregate, we expect to end 2023 as either roughly the same size, or even a slightly smaller organization than we are today" he said last month. Increased interest rates, rising inflation, and the European energy crisis have in recent times not only forced Twitter and Meta, to cut staff, rather several technological businesses, including Microsoft Corp., and Snap Inc., have also reduced employment in recent months.

After Twitter, now Facebook parent company Meta will undergo massive layoffs: Report

<p>Though Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk has pledged that the social media platform will not become a "free-for-all hellscape," mass layoffs at the company have sparked fears of misinformation just when US midterm elections are around the corner. Twitter is reported to have&nbsp;fired half of its 7500-strong workforce. This has added to concerns about spike in fake content already expected across social media as midterm elections approach.</p>

<p>The layoffs have followed USD 44 million buyout of the social media platform by billionaire Elon Musk. The firings have hit multipole divisions of the company, including trust and safety teams which looks after content moderation.</p>

<p>"I would be real careful on this platform in the coming days... about what you retweet, who you follow, and even your own sense of what's going on," said Kate Starbird, a disinformation researcher and assistant professor at the University of Washington.</p>

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<p>Starbird warned in her own Twitter post of an increased risk of "impersonation" attempts, "coordinated disinformation by manipulators" and "hoaxes that attempt to get you to spread falsehoods."</p>

<p>Twitter was recently acquired by billionaire Elon Musk after a long-drawn process in which the latter had withdrawn his initial offer only to be taken to court by the social media platform to compel him to buy the company.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>

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Though Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk has pledged that the social media platform will not become a "free-for-all hellscape," mass layoffs at the company have sparked fears of misinformation just when US midterm elections are around the corner.

Though Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk has pledged that the social media platform will not become a "free-for-all hellscape," mass layoffs at the company have sparked fears of misinformation just when US midterm elections are around the corner. Twitter is reported to have fired half of its 7500-strong workforce. This has added to concerns about spike in fake content already expected across social media as midterm elections approach. The layoffs have followed USD 44 million buyout of the social media platform by billionaire Elon Musk. The firings have hit multipole divisions of the company, including trust and safety teams which looks after content moderation. "I would be real careful on this platform in the coming days... about what you retweet, who you follow, and even your own sense of what's going on," said Kate Starbird, a disinformation researcher and assistant professor at the University of Washington. Click here for latest news Starbird warned in her own Twitter post of an increased risk of "impersonation" attempts, "coordinated disinformation by manipulators" and "hoaxes that attempt to get you to spread falsehoods." Twitter was recently acquired by billionaire Elon Musk after a long-drawn process in which the latter had withdrawn his initial offer only to be taken to court by the social media platform to compel him to buy the company. (With inputs from agencies) You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Layoffs at Twitter raise fears of misinformation just before US midterm elections

<p>The 'blood bath' has officially started in Twitter offices as the firm's new chapter begins under the new owner Elon Musk. On Friday, the microblogging site closed its offices on a temporary basis and told the employees they would be informed by email whether or not they are retained.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As part of the global job cut, Twitter fired a large number of employees in India across verticals, including engineering, sales and marketing, and communications. According to sources, there is still no clarification on the severance payout for staff laid off in the country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Indian media reports cited a source (a Twitter India employee), who said the lay-off has started. The employee told India-based news agency PTI on condition of anonymity that some of colleagues have received an email notification regarding the layoff.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>On the other hand, those who have been retained have also got an e-mail from the human resource department. Indian media outlet India Today published one such e-mail, which stated that it is sent to "confirm that today's workforce reduction does not impact your employment".&nbsp;</p>

<p>The e-mail that was sent to those who are apparently retained also included that the billionaire Elon Musk spent time with several employees, customers, partners, policymakers and Twitter users and he will communicate with everyone about his vision for the company soon.&nbsp;<br />
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Ae e-mail sent to those who have been asked 'to wait' informed the employees&nbsp;that their role at Twitter has been identified as potentially impacted or at risk of redundancy and further&nbsp;information would be shared with them soon<em>.</em></p>

<p>The downsizing move was communicated by the&nbsp;social media company via email to staff. The email sent on Thursday, as seen by Reuters, noted: "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Earlier this week, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that he will now serve as the chief executive of Twitter also, after he fired previous Indian-origin chief Parag Agrawal and other top company officials last week.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Musk recently bought the social media company for $44 billion after month-long drama. He also runs a brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He also announced that&nbsp;a Twitter Blue subscription will cost $8 per month as he slammed the "current lords &amp; peasants system" for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark.&nbsp;</p>

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The 'blood bath' has officially started in Twitter offices as the firm's new chapter begins under the new owner Elon Musk. On Friday, the microblogging site closed its offices on a temporary basis and told the employees they would be informed by email whether or not they are retained.

The 'blood bath' has officially started in Twitter offices as the firm's new chapter begins under the new owner Elon Musk. On Friday, the microblogging site closed its offices on a temporary basis and told the employees they would be informed by email whether or not they are retained. As part of the global job cut, Twitter fired a large number of employees in India across verticals, including engineering, sales and marketing, and communications. According to sources, there is still no clarification on the severance payout for staff laid off in the country. Indian media reports cited a source (a Twitter India employee), who said the lay-off has started. The employee told India-based news agency PTI on condition of anonymity that some of colleagues have received an email notification regarding the layoff. ALSO READ | Elon Musk's Twitter sued over plans to lay off half of workforce On the other hand, those who have been retained have also got an e-mail from the human resource department. Indian media outlet India Today published one such e-mail, which stated that it is sent to "confirm that today's workforce reduction does not impact your employment". The e-mail that was sent to those who are apparently retained also included that the billionaire Elon Musk spent time with several employees, customers, partners, policymakers and Twitter users and he will communicate with everyone about his vision for the company soon. Ae e-mail sent to those who have been asked 'to wait' informed the employees that their role at Twitter has been identified as potentially impacted or at risk of redundancy and further information would be shared with them soon. The downsizing move was communicated by the social media company via email to staff. The email sent on Thursday, as seen by Reuters, noted: "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday." WATCH | WION Business News | Twitter to begin mass layoffs on Friday × Earlier this week, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that he will now serve as the chief executive of Twitter also, after he fired previous Indian-origin chief Parag Agrawal and other top company officials last week. Musk recently bought the social media company for $44 billion after month-long drama. He also runs a brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company. He also announced that a Twitter Blue subscription will cost $8 per month as he slammed the "current lords & peasants system" for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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