Twitter asks some laid off staff to return again, Bloomberg stories By Reuters

(Reuters) – After Twitter Inc (NYSE:) laid off roughly half its workers on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, the corporate is now reaching out to dozens of staff who misplaced their jobs and asking them to return, Bloomberg Information reported on Sunday.

A few of those that are being requested to return have been laid off by mistake. Others have been let go earlier than administration realized that their work and expertise could also be vital to construct the brand new options Musk envisions, the report mentioned citing individuals conversant in the strikes.

Twitter not too long ago laid off 50% of its staff, together with staff on the belief and security staff, the corporate’s head of security and integrity Yoel Roth mentioned in a tweet earlier this week.

Tweets by workers of the social media firm mentioned groups accountable for communications, content material curation, human rights and machine studying ethics have been amongst these gutted, as have been some product and engineering groups.

Twitter on Saturday up to date its app in Apple (NASDAQ:)’s App Retailer to start charging $8 for sought-after blue test verification marks, in Musk’s first main revision of the social media platform.

Twitter didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for remark.