Twitter Singapore fate unclear as employees made to return home
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter Singapore fate unclear as employees made to return home

The Hindu  

The fate of Twitter’s Singapore office is unclear as Business Insider reported CEO Elon Musk was shutting down the office while another journalist tweeted that employees were being led out of the building due to rent issues. I'm told Twitter employees were just walked out of its Singapore office — its Asia-Pacific headquarters — over nonpayment of rent. Landlords walked employees out of the building — Casey Newton January 11, 2023 Singapore-based Twitter employees were ordered to clean out their desks and start working remotely, according to a Bloomberg report. News of Singapore’s Twitter workers comes days after an update that Twitter was closing its Seattle office, where employees were reportedly coming to work with their own toilet paper since janitor services had earlier been halted.

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Twitter continues to layoff more employees after shutting India offices
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter continues to layoff more employees after shutting India offices

India TV News  

Twitter has been laying off employees across various departments since November last year, and the downsizing continues on a large scale. According to a report, the move to fire more employees is part of Twitter's efforts to reduce costs and streamline operations. In another cost-cutting move, Twitter recently closed two of its three offices in India and instructed its employees …

Twitter layoffs continue: More employees fired by Elon Musk after shutting India offices
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter layoffs continue: More employees fired by Elon Musk after shutting India offices

India Today  

Twitter seems to be on a layoff spree. While the details about the exact number of employees who have been impacted by the latest round of layoffs at Twitter is unknown, the cited source says that the social media giant had about 800 people in sales and marketing teams in January 2023. Other measures Twitter took to cut expenses, and …

Elon Musk shuts 2 of 3 Twitter India offices, sends staff home
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk shuts 2 of 3 Twitter India offices, sends staff home

Hindustan Times  

Twitter Inc. has shut two of its three India offices and told its staff to work from home, underscoring Elon Musk’s mission to slash costs and get the struggling social media service in the black. Twitter India unveiled its new research findings on pan-India as well as Uttar Pradesh specific youth sentiment on social media Twitter, which fired more than …

Twitter co-founder leaves Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover, joins rival Mastodon
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter co-founder leaves Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover, joins rival Mastodon

India Today  

One of Twitter’s co-founders, Biz Stone, is not happy with the social media website. He said that he has been toying with the idea of moving to Mastodon ever since Elon Musk took over the company. He does things for sport that have serious consequences for real people,” Stone had said about Musk in one of his tweets.Another Twitter co-founder …

Twitter layoffs: Dozen of staff fired in Dublin, Singapore
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter layoffs: Dozen of staff fired in Dublin, Singapore

Live Mint  

Twitter Inc has fired a dozen of staff in the trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in the unit related to hate speech and harassment, Bloomberg news agency reported. As per Bloomberg's report, the affected staff include Nur Azhar Bin Ayob, the head of site integrity for Twitter’s Asia-Pacific region, a relatively recent hire; and Analuisa Dominguez, …

Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter’s Child Safety Team
54 years, 11 months ago

Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter’s Child Safety Team

Wired  

Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter’s new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week. Based in Twitter’s Asian headquarters in Singapore, the team enforces the company’s ban on child sex abuse material in the Asia Pacific region. The impact of layoffs and resignations on Twitter’s ability to tackle CSAM is “very worrying,” says Carolina Christofoletti, a CSAM researcher …

Twitter closes all its offices temporarily after mass resignation: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter closes all its offices temporarily after mass resignation: Report

India TV News  

Twitter has closed all its offices temporarily after mass resignation hit the company post Elon Musk's go 'hardcore' or leave ultimatum to staff. Musk wrote that employees “will need to be extremely hardcore" to build “a breakthrough Twitter 2.0" and that long hours at high intensity will be needed for success. Musk has also indicated that he plans to resume …

On WFH for Twitter employees, Elon Musk says ‘staying home is fine’ if…
2 years, 1 month ago

On WFH for Twitter employees, Elon Musk says ‘staying home is fine’ if…

Hindustan Times  

Just days after it was reported that Elon Musk has ended Twitter’s work-from-home policy, the new boss of the social networking platform cleared the air around the remote working policies on Sunday. Replying to a report tweeted by an unverified account that said, ‘the billionaire businessman has ordered his Ireland workforce back to Dublin by November 14,’ Elon Musk wrote: …

Twitter fires employees in India: ‘Significant chunk laid off’
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter fires employees in India: ‘Significant chunk laid off’

Live Mint  

Twitter has sacked the whole marketing and communications department in India as the laying off began in the country, according to a report quoting sources. Some of my colleagues have received email notification regarding this," a Twitter India employee said on the condition of anonymity. Twitter on Friday started laying off employees in India as part of a global job …

Twitter starts laying off staff in India
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter starts laying off staff in India

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Twitter has started laying off employees in India as part of a global job cut ordered by the social media platform's new owner Elon Musk to attain economies of scale and make the USD 44 billion acquisition viable. Some of my colleagues have received email notification regarding this," a Twitter India employee told PTI on condition of anonymity. …

Here's what new email to Twitter staff says on layoffs, week after Musk takeover
2 years, 1 month ago

Here's what new email to Twitter staff says on layoffs, week after Musk takeover

Hindustan Times  

Twitter said it will start laying off employees on Friday, as the new billionaire owner Elon Musk moves quickly after his big takeover to make the messaging platform financially sound. witter employees will receive word via email at the start of business Friday, California time, as to what their fate is. A company-wide email seen by AFP says Twitter employees …

Elon Musk said to begin laying off employees at Twitter: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk said to begin laying off employees at Twitter: Report

The Hindu  

Elon Musk has planned to begin laying off employees at Twitter, according to a media report, days after he completed the $44-billion acquisition of the social media company. By laying off workers before that date,” Mr. Musk “may avoid paying the grants.” Mr. Musk has told investors that he “would take Twitter private, reduce its work force, roll back its …

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