Elon Musk plans to lay off 75% of Twitter staff

Elon Musk plans to lay off 75% of Twitter staff


The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has until October 28 to close the acquisition of Twitter if he wants to avoid going to trial with the company.

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The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has announced to Twitter investors that he plans to cut almost 75% of the social network’s staff if he finally takes control of it, as reported on Thursday. Washington Post.

Specifically, the tycoon expects to lay off around 5,500 employees, leaving a workforce of just over 2,000 workers currently employed by the social network.

However, in an internal email, the twitter lead attorneySean Edgett, has indicated that the company is not preparing layoffs.

Twitter was already hoping to fire part of its team due to economic factors, although at no time had it planned to reduce staff by three quarters, according to the aforementioned media.

All in all, the cuts would not only affect the workers, but also the company’s infrastructure and the data centers that allow the operation of the social network.

Musk is dated until next October 28 to close the acquisition of Twitter if he wants to avoid going to court with the company, after which the businessman and engineer expressed his intention to adhere to the original agreement to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share, which would imply a total of $44 billion. dollars (44,880 million euros).


Source: Eitb

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