The Washington Post reported Thursday that Elon Musk told potential investors he plans to gut Twitter’s workforce by 75 percent. As a result, many staffers are concerned about their futures if or when Musk takes over the company.
However, Reuters first reported on Friday that Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett sent an email to the social media staffers expressing that “the company does not plan layoffs, according to a source who viewed the email.”
Whether Musk takes over the company or not, the report from The Post does state that Twitter already plans to slash 25 percent of the current staff by the end of next year, hoping to trim nearly $800 million from the payroll in the procedure.
With all that’s occurring with the potential sale and threat of layoffs, it may be no surprise that the outspoken director of machine learnings ethics, transparency and accountability at Twitter, Rumman Chowdhury tweeted on Thursday with a gut check for leaders at the company.
“If you’re a manager at Twitter, now’s the time to reflect on your values as an individual and determine who it is you’re here for,” Chowdhury tweeted.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
