In what has now become a monthly event at Twitter, the company has continued to cut jobs. On Friday night, Twitter reportedly laid off “at least a dozen” workers at its Dublin and Singapore offices. According to Bloomberg, victims include Analuisa Dominguez, the company’s former senior director of revenue policy. The outlet reports that Twitter has also fired employees responsible for handling the company’s misinformation policy, in addition to a handful of employees dealing with the platform’s global appeals process and state media program.
Ella Irwin, head of trust and safety at Twitter, confirmed the company had recently laid off more staff, but denied which teams were affected by the cuts. “For example, it made more sense to consolidate teams under one leader (rather than two),” she told Bloomberg, adding that Twitter had eliminated roles in areas where the company hadn’t seen enough “volume” to support spending to justify talent. She also said Twitter has increased staff in its complaints department and will continue to have a revenue policy director.
On Nov. 21, shortly after delivering his “extremely harsh” ultimatum to Twitter employees, Elon Musk reportedly said that the company would not lay off or fire any more employees during an all-hands meeting. While the magnitude of Twitter’s subsequent layoffs doesn’t match those seen shortly after Musk’s acquisition, the company has cut staff despite the billionaire’s pledge. In the middle of last month, the company divested part of its infrastructure division. A recent estimate by The Information puts the company’s workforce at around 2,000 employees, or a little over a quarter of what it had before Musk bought it.
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