Twitter Layoffs: Elon Musk’s Job Cut Hits India, Unaffected Employees Living in Constant Fear

New Delhi, November 4: For many of the almost 200-strong Twitter India workforce, the Friday morning got here with complete chaos once they misplaced entry to their official emails and inner Slack and group chats, as they have been unlucky to be a part of the worldwide sacking in essentially the most brutal Elon Musk means.

Among the staff who misplaced their jobs at Twitter India and didn’t want to be named advised IANS that once they logged in to their methods from dwelling (Twitter remains to be in the work-from-home mode) on Friday, they have been denied entry. Twitter Layoffs: Elon Musk Begins Sacking Employees To Cut World Workforce, Shuts Workplaces ‘Briefly’.

“Now we are waiting for the email with the subject line ‘if your employment is impacted, you will receive a notification with next steps via your personal email’, as mentioned by the company. We are clueless on our severance pay, etc.,” they lamented.

In Twitter’s Slack and group discussion groups, staff earlier complained concerning the lack of inner communication from their senior executives, after Musk took over as the brand new CEO final week. Elon Musk to Start Layoffs at Twitter, Leaked Electronic mail Hints at Sacking of seven,500 Employees: Report.

“It is one of the most inhumane ways to get rid of us. After spending so many years at Twitter India, we were left without any communication since Musk took over,” the affected staff advised IANS. Among the staff, who’re nonetheless with Twitter India, reside in fixed concern about dropping their jobs in the following spherical, which they assume will occur sooner protecting Musk’s intentions in thoughts.

The brand new CEO goals to chop roughly half of its 7,600-strong workforce, about 3,800 staff. In response to the corporate, the worker badge entry to Twitter’s places of work has already been shut off “temporarily”.

“To help ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data, our offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended. If you are in an office or on your way to an office, please return home,” Twitter mentioned in an inner memo.

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