I would return only if I was extremely desperate. Does anyone have any idea how many employees are being asked to return because they were laid off by mistake? I am even more interested in how many of them agreed to return here and under what... — read more 

Elon Musk Defies Management Mantras With His Rapid Overhaul at Twitter In first week, the billionaire fired top leaders, conducted sweeping layoffs, mocked internal training and floated new product ideas By Chip Cutter Nov. 6, 2022 5:31 am ET In... — read more 

Can anybody confirm if this is happening? I've read several reports that claim this. If this is true, it only proves further how clueless EM is and how rash all his decisions are. I hope all those who are called back tell him to pound sand. After... — read more 

Now that Meta/Facebook, Twitter have either announced and laid off workers, the next big tech company is going to be Apple. Since Apple is cutting outlook for it's iphone shipments due to china lockdowns.

I love all of these posts deflecting from the fact that one guy bought the company and is slashing staff with no real plan and now may be hiring some back because he realized he needs some to make his broken toy sort of function. These layoffs have... — read more 

High unemployment is what the Fed want to control inflation even if it means going into recession but this time the recession might be a deep recession even though that's not what the gov't/Fed/market are looking for.

It's not only Twitter, but also Fintech https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/06/the-fintech-layoffs-just-keep-on-coming/

Why is everyone surprised about layoffs in techs and everywhere about to come due to recession? We have been talking about recession for at least six months especially when the CPI (inflation rate) hit 9.1% and gas prices hit $5 to $10 bucks a... — read more 

And... do you have to take it back?

Meta expected to announce massive layoffs this week that could impact thousand as tech bloodbath continues

Facebook parent is looking to reduce costs by at least 10% (8700), people familiar with the plans said, while Google has required some employees to apply for new jobs

How much of EM's Twitter will be robotweets? https://onezero.medium.com/openai-sold-its-soul-for-1-billion-cf35ff9e8cd4

Someone posted that Twitter employees (software coders) were making $250K+ in salary. No wonder Musk decided to cut half of the employees. Look at what Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink employees product output. They are also software coders and they make... — read more 

Listen take this advice from a long term old school tech worker... Life will get better the light will shine again there is life after Twitter... This is some of your first times in this situation. I was there in the dot com bo-m. Some of you was not... — read more 

Anyone here NOT part of layoff?

"...a professor of management at Harvard University who has studied layoffs for more than a decade, said Twitter’s cuts were among the most poorly handled that she had seen. “This is a master class in how not to do it,” ... “If you were going to rank... — read more 

Have all the employees who were slated for layoffs been informed? All 3,700 or whatever the correct number is? Or will this continue over the next few weeks? Also, I saw that one employee suspended Musk's Twitter account before leaving for good. I... — read more 

Economy crisis is here. Employees from FANG will only support you with mouths.

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk says he had "no choice" but to slash the company's workforce as the firm is losing more than $4m (£3.5m) a day. Half of the company's staff are being let go, a week after Mr Musk bought Twitter in a $44bn (£38.7bn)... — read more 

I was at a previous company layoff as a H1B. It is scary as one does not get unemployment money and loses the right to stay. But I am sure Twitter does forget here... — read more 

Yet 2000 hc were added between ‘20 and ‘21. So it’s likely many of those cut had net even worked there long and probably 100% remote yet you want to make Musk the devil? The devils were those grossly mismanaging the company, not the guy trying to... — read more 

Team, In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter... — read more 

I'm not an employee at Twitter and I'm not a big fan of social media tech companies in general but I have nothing but sympathy for the thousands of people who's lives are being unceremoniously put through the wringer by new leadership. Everyone... — read more 

https://deadline.com/2022/11/twitter-layoffs-employees-comment-1235163889/

Or not? Thoughts?

Of course Musk is going to fire an entire team whose only job is to make the platform more accessible for people with disabilities. How absolutely unsurprising and indicative of what the future of Twitter will be like. I agree with the person below... — read more 

Unfortunately, cuts will be a rude awakening for many when they realize how little marketable they are because their skills have eroded in the meantime. It's sad times for those who haven't taken any proactive steps to keep their skills sharp for a... — read more 

Getting laid off may be blessing in disguise. It might become he-l working under Elon Musk.

Trust and Safety were decimated Designers were heavily cut Many community managers are gone (no surprises here) Information Security was at least halved (of course) And it goes on and on. I don't see how Twitter will continue to function... — read more 

From what I can see, that's not true for Americans, but I might be wrong.

Yes, there are many layoffs in the tech sector but there is still significant hiring going on as well. Musk couldn't recognize a good engineer if he or she was standing right in front of him. He is doing major damage control and all he sees right now... — read more 

www.Twitter.com/TheLayoff It's silent today

Hello, As shared earlier today, Twitter is conducting a workforce reduction to help improve the health of the company. These decisions are never easy and it is with regret that we write to inform you that your role at Twitter has been... — read more 

Maybe user are just tired with all the BS? https://www.profgalloway.com/elephants-in-the-room/

I wrote about woke co-workers, and the layoff deleted the topic despite 7 likes.

How is Twitter in violation and what the rule is?

Let's review. Musk went on a bender and offered to buy Twitter at a price based on a weed meme. Then he agreed to a binding agreement to purchase it. Apparently he didn't fully grasp how binding it was. Then he tried to get out of the deal. Twitter... — read more 

Musk says so - how many of you believe? Can anyone confirm?

The content and vote counts in here make me think it’s just a bunch of internet weirdos who want to scream bc they think Elon’s one of them

And the class action for WARN Act violations has already been filed. Sounds like the Chief Twit didn't give 60 days warning OR severance, as required by law:... — read more