Musk plans to lay off 3,700 people at Twitter and will cancel remote work

It is learned that billionaire Musk plans to announce layoffs this Friday and plans to cancel remote work. According to financial media Bloomberg, Musk asked for a list of the most important employees in the department and planned to lay off about 50% of Twitter's employees, or about 3,700 people. Previously, according to foreign media reports, Musk planned to lay off 25% of Twitter's employees, and it seems that this layoff ratio has increased.

The social media company said in an internal email that the layoffs were "an effort to get Twitter on a healthy path." Twitter said it will notify its employees on Friday whether they will be laid off after the company is acquired by World Capital. Twitter added that its offices will be temporarily closed and badge access will be suspended "to help ensure the security of every employee and Twitter's systems and customer data."

All employees will receive an email with the subject line "Your role on Twitter" at 09:00 Pacific Time (16:00 GMT) on Friday. Those who have not been laid off will receive the email to their work accounts, and those who have been laid off will receive the email to their personal mailboxes. The email content will also remind employees not to disclose "company confidential information" on social media or in the media.

Bloomberg quoted a source as saying that some senior employees were asked to list the employees who would be laid off. On November 3, as the layoffs approached, Twitter employees encouraged each other on the platform, many of whom used the workplace tag #OneTeam. It is reported that due to the months of Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the morale of Twitter employees has dropped sharply, and many employees have resigned frequently.

In the face of violent layoffs, Twitter employees filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitter, claiming that Twitter violated California and federal law by conducting mass layoffs without giving the required 60-day notice. The lawsuit also asked the San Francisco federal court to issue an order restricting Twitter from requiring fired employees to sign documents without properly notifying them.

Twitter says goodbye to remote work

Another move by Musk after taking over Twitter was to cancel remote work. Musk sent an email to Twitter employees to cancel remote work, saying that after the epidemic situation improves, "remote work will no longer be accepted." If employees do not come to work, it will be deemed that "you have resigned." According to people familiar with the matter, Musk has deleted "rest days" from the employee calendar of Twitter Inc.

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