Musk's vision for Twitter is not particularly complex. He views it as a software platform first, and only then as a social network
Will be first broad headcount reduction in the tech giant's 18-year history
Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of safety and integrity, said that while the company said goodbye to incredibly talented friends and colleagues, "our core moderation capabilities remain in place''
Product and engineering teams were gutted by well over 50%, according to two sources, and other groups - like communications, marketing, human rights and diversity - were almost completely eliminated
The global workforce reductions are expected to affect 3,700 jobs - about half of the company.
The pause generally doesn't apply to teams working on future devices and long-term initiatives, but it affects some corporate functions and standard hardware and software engineering roles
Twitter intends to start cutting staff Friday, the company said in an email to employees. Musk plans to get rid of half the workforce
People in the know described the mood within the India development centres and across all segments as "very fearful", with people not sure if they will have a job or not
Twitter told its employees through an email that they would receive an alert on staff cuts on their official or personal IDs on Friday
"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday," Twitter management said in an email reviewed by Bloomberg
Musk also intends to reverse the company's existing work-from-anywhere policy, asking remaining employees to report to offices -- though some exceptions could be made, the people said
"I want to emphasise that the overall job cuts are not more than five per cent of our total strength," he said
A meeting was called by the officials of the labour department on October 25, but the company did not appear for meeting
Intel will announced the layoffs as early as this month, with the company planning to make the move around the same time as its third-quarter earnings report on October 27
To cut costs, the company cut hundreds of jobs, shuttered stores and outsourced delivery to third parties this year
Overall, the company at a group level has a workforce of around 10,000 people
As the risk of recession looms and the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to curb inflation, deal markets have dried up
The Wall Street titan plans to eliminate several hundred roles starting this month, according to people with knowledge of the matter
While the total number is less than some previous rounds, the reductions are a resumption of Goldman's annual culling cycle that it had largely paused during the pandemic.
"In this quarter, our industry faced many challenges, including rising global inflation, foreign exchange fluctuations (and) complex political environment," said Xiaomi president Wang Xiang