Twitter started culling its vast ranks of contract staff today after laying off half its staff earlier this month, sources confirm to Axios.
Why it matters
: Like many companies, Twitter's staff is made up of a mix of full-time employees as well as contract workers who work for a third party.Many contractors' status has been in limbo since Twitter cut half its staff earlier this month, with some not knowing whom to even report to, with their counterparts inside the company having been laid off.In at least some cases, if not all, workers did not get any direct communication from Twitter saying that their work had ended.
Twitter has since reached out to re-hire some full-time employees after realizing their skills were critical to existing projects, including new features that were a priority to the company.That includes a new version of its Twitter Blue subscription service that allows subscribers to have the same blue checkmark given to verified accounts of politicians, journalists, government agencies and celebrities.
Twitter put that on hold earlier this week after a flood of impersonators used the subscription service to impersonate various brands and prominent athletes and politicians.Ingle, who has two master's degrees and teaches data science skills, said she was surprised by the move, and concerned about providing for her family with the holidays approaching.Twitter has cut its entire communications staff and there was no immediate response to an e-mail to the company's press account.
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