Twitter Layoffs: Over 200 Employees in India Sacked, Told To Go Home After CEO Elon Musk’s Global Job Cut Order

New Delhi, Nov 4: Twitter has fired the vast majority of its over 200 staff in India as a part of mass layoffs throughout the globe ordered by its new proprietor Elon Musk who’s seeking to make his USD 44 billion acquisition work.

Sources mentioned the layoffs are throughout engineering, gross sales and advertising, and communications groups.

Nonetheless, there isn’t any readability but on the severance package deal to be paid to staff laid off in India. The complete advertising and communications division in India has been sacked, the sources mentioned. Twitter Noticed Huge Income Drop As Activist Teams Pressured Advertisers, Says Elon Musk.

Musk has blamed activists for a big drop in the corporate’s revenues.

“Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America,” Musk tweeted.

The corporate had posted a web lack of USD 270 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 in comparison with a revenue of USD 66 million in the identical interval a 12 months in the past.

The income of Twitter had declined to USD 1,176 million throughout the June 2022 quarter from USD 1,190 million a 12 months in the past. Commercial income had elevated by 2 per cent to USD 1.08 billion whereas subscription and different income declined by 27 per cent to USD 101 million on a year-over-year foundation.

World’s richest businessman Musk started his innings at Twitter final week by firing the CEO Parag Agrawal in addition to the CFO and another prime executives.

This was adopted by an exodus of prime administration. Musk has now began an enormous train to downsize the corporate’s international workforce.

“Layoff has started. Some of my colleagues have received email notification regarding this,” a Twitter India worker informed PTI on situation of anonymity.

One other supply mentioned the layoffs have affected a “significant chunk” of the India group.

The complete particulars of the job cuts weren’t instantly obtainable. Twitter India didn’t reply to e-mail queries. The US-based social media platform, in an inner e-mail to staff earlier, had mentioned, “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday.” Twitter Layoffs: Employees, Sacked by Elon Musk, Get Emotional on Final Working Day, Share Group Selfies and Heartbreaking Messages With #OneTeam.

It mentioned that “everyone will receive an individual email”. The corporate will quickly shut all places of work for security of staff in addition to Twitter techniques and buyer information. “If you are in an office or on your way to an office, please return home,” Twitter had mentioned.

Whereas Twitter had a number of run-ins with the federal government over freedom of speech, the corporate in the e-mail barred staff from discussing confidential firm info on social media, with the press or elsewhere.

The agency is reportedly shedding 3,738 individuals out of its complete headcount of seven,500 throughout the globe.

Musk has additionally introduced Twitter will cost USD 8 (round Rs 660) per 30 days from verified (blue tick) accounts — triggering intense debate on the social media platform.