Elon Musk has reportedly fired at least 4000 of Twitter's contact workers, growing concerns in the stability of the social media website.
Elon Musk has made his second round of job cuts at Twitter.
Over the weekend, Musk reportedly let go thousands of contract workers from the company, a move that further decreased the overall workforce supporting the platform. According to journalist, the new owner and current CEO got rid of around 4000 of the 5500 contract workers that were currently working at the company.
Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees, with cuts expected to have significant impact to content moderation and the core infrastructure services that keep the site up and running. People inside are stunned.Not only did Musk lay off the workers, but they appear to have not received any notice.
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