What you need to know
- Twitter has begun laying off a large portion of its employees after the recent change of ownership.
- A letter to employees indicated that the move was intended to “put Twitter on a healthy track.”
- Former employees sued the company for violating the California Warning Act.
Elon Musk shooting spree This is not done because the new owner and CEO of Twitter begins to lay off a large part of the company’s employees.
Notified by Washington Post, via email to employees Thursday evening, warns employees that some will soon be notified of the status of their roles at the company. The email was scheduled to arrive in employee mailboxes beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Friday, November 4.
The email begins, “In an effort to put Twitter on a healthy track, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday.” “We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward.”
It was previously reported that Elon Musk planned to lay off between 25% and 50% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees. He denied previous allegations He plans to let employees go before they can receive year-end compensation, such as stock grants. At the moment, it is still unclear how many employees have been laid off, but there is no shortage of posts on Twitter from employees who have been laid off or who have lost significant parts of their teams. hashtag # Twitter Currently trending.
In the meantime, some have already begun taking legal action. a lawsuit The company was sued, claiming that it did not give employees enough notice. The lawsuit was filed by several employees, three of whom have been denied their accounts and are presumed to leave their positions. It alleges that Twitter violated California law by not giving employees enough notice.
“Twitter began laying off workers with a small number of employees. For example, on November 1, 2022, Twitter terminated Prosecutor Emmanuel Cornet without providing prior written warning, as required by federal WARN law and the California Warning Act, which requires sixty (60 ) a day in advance of a written notice of mass layoff.”
The lawsuit seeks to force Twitter to comply with WARN and prevent the company from “seeking release from employees who are being laid off.”
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, it appears that Elon Musk has not addressed the layoffs, and instead complained on Twitter that the company’s revenue had fallen as a result of advertisers pulling out:
Twitter has seen a massive drop in revenue, due to active groups pressure on advertisers, although nothing has changed with content moderation and we have done everything we can to keep activists happy. They are trying to destroy freedom of expression in America.4 November 2022
Musk has been very vocal about his stance on free speech, which he said was a big reason he sought to buy Twitter. While he says nothing has changed regarding the company’s content moderation, he has previously stated that he plans to create a “content moderation board” that will be responsible for deciding what content will be modified and what has been blocked or suspended for re-accounts.
Recently, Musk announced Changes to Twitter Blue It would lead to an increase in prices while linking the verification to the service. He argues that the change will provide Twitter with additional revenue because the company cannot rely on advertisers to the same extent.
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