Elon Musk has reportedly ordered layoffs across Twitter

[CentralMass]

https://share.newsbreak.com/25jocxw5

""Elon Musk has ordered company-wide layoffs at Twitter, according to The New York Times. On Saturday, the SpaceX and Tesla executive reportedly told managers to begin drawing up lists of employees to cut. Twitter did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment.

The Times could not determine how much of Twitter’s workforce Musk plans to let go – though some teams will be more affected than others. Before completing his $44 billion takeover of the company, Musk reportedly told investors he planned to lay off as much as 75 percent of Twitter’s 7,500-person strong workforce. In meeting with staff, Musk is said to have told employees he wouldn’t cut the company’s headcount so dramatically."

[bullimiami]

1. lay them all off. obviously he bought a failing company which needs drastic changes.

[regnaD kciN]

2. I wonder if he has a list of their political donations...?

[tinrobot]

3. He'll probably decimate content moderation first

The downward spiral begins.

[relayerbob]

4. Injecting a little reality into the conversation

Seth Abramon's (probably accurate) view, spread over several posts in thie thread:

Link to tweet

[RockRaven]

5. Great. Go ahead. Do it. Drive it into the ground as fast as possible.

Accelerate the emergence of a viable clone/alternative owned and run by someone else. Sounds good to me.

[PSPS]

6. The 75% reduction was going to happen anyway. Twitter has been a failing business model for years.