Twitter tells staff there aren’t any plans for layoffs

Twitter Inc on Thursday clarified to workers that there aren’t any plans for company-wide layoffs because it signed a deal to be acquired by billionaire Elon Musk, after a media outlet reported that Musk is contemplating layoffs on the firm.

Twitter Common Counsel Sean Edgett emailed staff on Thursday saying the corporate doesn’t plan layoffs, in line with a supply who seen the e-mail.

The Washington Publish reported earlier on Thursday that Elon Musk informed potential traders in his deal to purchase Twitter that he deliberate to do away with almost 75% of the corporate’s 7,500 employees, citing interviews and paperwork.

The job cuts are anticipated within the coming months, irrespective of who owns the corporate, in line with the Washington Publish report.

Twitter’s present administration deliberate to pare the corporate’s payroll by about $800 million by the tip of subsequent yr, a quantity that might imply the departure of almost 1 / 4 of the workforce, the report mentioned.

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

Human assets workers on the social media firm have informed staff that they weren’t planning for mass layoffs, however paperwork confirmed in depth plans to push out workers and lower down on infrastructure prices had been already in place earlier than Musk provided to purchase the corporate, the Washington Publish reported.

Musk had tried to stroll away from the deal to purchase Twitter in Could alleging the corporate understated the variety of bot and spam accounts on the social media platform, which began a sequence of lawsuits between the 2 events.

Earlier this month, Musk reversed course and mentioned he’ll proceed with the deal on authentic phrases.