- Twitter confirmed the mass layoffs on Thursday and informed staff that they would hear from them the next day.
- Twitter was filled with thousands of employees claiming they were laid off, many including those in leadership and managerial roles.
- While many praised their colleagues’ work, others were less enthusiastic about Elon Musk’s takeover.
After being fired by Twitter in Elon Musk’s first week as CEO, former employees have taken to social media to share their stories.
Twitter sent an email Thursday to its employees It was confirmed that some staff would not be laid off“In an effort to put Twitter on a healthy track.” Twitter announced that the affected staff would receive an email to their personal email by Friday at 9 a.m. West Coast Time.
However, just hours after the original email was sent warning about layoffs Some Twitter employees lost access to their work platforms after being denied accessSlack, emails and more.
Insider’s Kali Hays reported that more than 1,000 people were already gone by 11 p.m. PST. This affected every department, from the US to the UK, to Singapore.
New Yorker, one person claimed that their entire team of 30+ people was being laid off. Another worker said that 90% of their staff had been eliminated.
Numerous employees shared their news on Twitter, using the hashtags #OneTeam, #LoveWhereYouWorked and blue heart and salute emoticons.
Tweets by people claiming they were laid off included those in leadership and managerial roles. Twitter’s global head for social and editorialThe Director of ML ethics and transparency, accountabilityThe Chief information security officer?, Twitter Studio’s managing directorThe, and Head of the location strategy.
Many people praised their colleagues, and said how much they loved working on the platform.
Below is a selection tweets that were sent by Twitter employees who have been laid off.
—Phonz (@Phonz) November 4, 2022
—Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) November 4, 2022
—Catharine Broadnax (@CatharineBroad3) November 4, 2022
—Gareth Field (@GField17) November 4, 2022
—Lea Kissner (@LeaKissner) November 4, 2022
—Joey (@jowehh) November 4, 2022
—Cristina Angeli (@CA_CrissyAngel) November 4, 2022
—Gareth Field (@GField17) November 4, 2022
—Anton Schulz (@antonschulz) November 4, 2022
Many posted photos of themselves and their teams in the office or with merchandise from Twitter.
—Casey Junod (@dontjunod) November 4, 2022
—DJ Capobianco (@djcap) November 4, 2022
—Yash Agarwal✨ (@yashagarwalm) November 4, 2022
—laura chan pytlarz ⚜️🐯 (@LauraLChan) November 4, 2022
—Likhitha Patha (@LikhithaPatha) November 4, 2022
Others were more skeptical. One called the email regarding their layoff “very inhumanizing.” One Their Twitter bio has been updatedThey said that they worked for the company “when it had been a good place”
—Lauren Pinnella Traylor (@laur_tray) November 4, 2022
A senior engineer manager who was laid off said that Twitter’s ML Ethics and Transparency team had “gone.”
—Joan Deitchman (@JoanDeitchman) November 4, 2022
Some people expressed anger at the fact that they had likely been laid off for being unemployed. Access to company accounts was denied.
—Karen Zapata 🫡 (@karenzapata19_) November 4, 2022
Others suggested that this would cause their termination.
—shennan Lu (@lu_shennan) November 4, 2022
