Twitter Layoffs

Haradlur Thorleifsson, 45, was born with a genetic congenital muscle disease and has been using a wheelchair since he was 25.

An ex-Twitter employee asked Elon Musk a question. A bizarre conversation followed

Elon Musk asked a few questions to Thorleifsson and followed it up with a clip from 1999 US black comedy “Office Space”.

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Twitter layoffs: Executive found himself locked out of accounts at 1 a.m.

Amir Shevat, the former head of product of Twitter's developer platform, had almost the whole of his team fired late at night on November 4.

Twitter contract workers learn they have been fired by reading tweets of others

Some found their Slack account and emails deactivated all of a sudden.

Musk starts assembling new cadre of leaders inside Twitter

The most visible among the new guard has been Yoel Roth, a Twitter veteran who reports to Musk and is now running all of the company’s Trust and Safety efforts.

Twitter manager seen sleeping on office floor among those who survived layoffs

Elon Musk let nearly 50 percent of the Twitter staff go soon after his chaotic takeover of the company.

Ex Twitter employee says she got a 10-year 'Twitterversary' gift days after layoff

"Elaine, Happy Twitterversary! Congrats on reaching a huge Tweep milestone. We can't wait to see all that you accomplish this year," the note from Twitter to its ex employee read.

Elon Musk’s famous lawyer who had key role in Twitter layoffs

Alex Spiro also led Elon Musk's defence in the case brought against him by Twitter. Read on to find more about him.

UN urges Elon Musk to safeguard human rights at Twitter

Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday and tweets by staff of the social media company said the team responsible for human rights was among those affected, a development which Türk described as not ”an encouraging start”.

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Pregnant women among those fired from Twitter: ‘Got cut off from laptop’

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has signalled the loss of jobs for many across countries.

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Layoffs begin at Twitter India even as confusion reigns among employees

The Elon Musk-owned social media firm plans to reduce its 7,500-person workforce as a measure to save costs.

Sacked Twitter employees' tribute to the company with #OneTeam is viral | See tweets

"Just got laid off. Bird App, it was an absolute honour, the greatest privilege ever to be a part of this team, this culture,” Yash Agarwal tweeted.

Twitter faces outage on the day of mass layoffs

While Twitter continued to work on the phone, many users reported that it was not working on the desktop.

'If you are in an office... please return home': Read Twitter's email to staff ahead of layoffs

"If you are in an office or on your way to an office, please return home," Twitter said in the email to staff on Thursday.