How many reversals will there be in the Twitter layoffs? Will Musk's violent layoffs happen?

It is learned that the love-hate relationship between Twitter and Musk continues. Earlier, The Washington Post reported that Elon Musk plans to lay off 75% of Twitter employees after the acquisition of Twitter. This means that Twitter's number of employees will be reduced to 2,000. Foreign media also reported that even if the acquisition is not officially confirmed, Twitter will lay off a large number of employees, and the number of layoffs will be about a quarter of the 7,500 employees. Musk did not respond to this through his Twitter account.

It is reported that the layoffs will not only affect Twitter's personnel composition, but also Twitter's infrastructure, especially the data centers that operate the network (with more than 200 million users).

A scientific data expert contacted by the Post pointed out that if the layoffs are confirmed, there will be a "ripple effect," especially with the ups and downs of Musk's acquisition progress in recent months: future Twitter awards will face worse service, fewer support staff, and increasingly low morale among the remaining employees.

In response, Twitter came out and guaranteed that there would not be any layoffs.

On October 21, Twitter's general counsel Sean Edgett emailed employees saying that no layoffs were planned.

It is worth mentioning that Twitter's current management plans to reduce the company's salary expenses by about $800 million by the end of next year, which means the departure of nearly a quarter of the workforce.

Musk attempted to abandon the acquisition of Twitter in May, claiming that the company underestimated the number of bots and spam accounts on the platform. The acquisition ended in a sour situation and even triggered a series of lawsuits. After months of litigation and Musk's reconsideration, the $44 billion purchase agreement is expected to be finalized on October 28.

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