A member of the Twitter public coverage staff tweeted late on Thursday that she has been laid off.
“Yesterday was my last day at Twitter, as half of the remaining Public Policy team was cut from the company. It’s hard to convey how fortunate I feel to have had this exceptional opportunity. This was, indeed, a dream job,” posted Theodora (Theo) Skeadas.
“I am unbelievably proud of the work we did to protect people in global conflicts including Iran, Ukraine, and Libya,” she added.
According to Musk, Twitter now has simply over 2,000 workers (it had greater than 7,500 workers when he took over in October.
Musk mentioned within the newest reside audio dialog platform Twitter Spaces that Twitter was on monitor to lose about $3 billion subsequent yr however ought to now be “roughly cash flow break even” after his job cuts.
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The firm has been hit by not less than 100 former workers of assorted authorized violations, together with gender discrimination in layoffs and failing to pay promised severance.
Twitter laid off round 3,700 workers in early November within the first cost-cutting measure. Hundreds extra resigned later.
The firm was additionally sued within the US for mass layoffs with out giving workers advance written discover.
The lawsuit has been filed within the US District Court within the Northern District of California, in violation of employee safety legal guidelines, together with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in addition to the California WARN Act, each of which require 60 days of advance discover.
The lawsuit is looking for “a range of relief, including compensatory damages (including wages owed), as well as declaratory relief, pre- and post-judgment interest, plus other attorneys’ fees and costs”.