Billionaire Elon Musk 'plans to fire 25%' of Twitter staff
Daily MailHe is said to be considering laying off 25% of the workforce in first round of cuts Elon Musk plans to release a quarter of Twitter's workforce in his first round of layoffs after his $44billion takeover, according to reports. Elon Musk plans to let a quarter of the workforce go at social media giant Twitter in his first round of layoffs after acquiring the company in a multi-billion dollar takeover last week Elon Musk was pictured at Twitter offices carrying a sink The new Twitter CEO allegedly issued an ultimatum to the social media platform's engineers, telling them to revamp Twitter's verification system within a fortnight or face the sack Musk is pictured with Twitter employees in the office on the day of the takeover After engineers, Twitter's highest paid employees work in sales - with several earning more than $300,000. Since Musk first offered to buy Twitter, the world's wealthiest man has made it clear he planned to shake things up at the social media giant. Earlier, Musk insinuated that he regarded the New York Times as a fake news outlet Since Musk first offered to buy Twitter, the world's wealthiest man has made it clear he planned to shake things up at the social media giant Both David Sacks and Jason Calacanis have appeared in a company directory over the weekend, and are understood to have the titles of 'staff software engineer'. New Twitter CEO Elon Musk shared a link to a now-deleted article suggesting Paul Pelosi left a gay bar with David DePape early Friday morning before he was allegedly attacked with a hammer Musk's official title is CEO, although publicly he has referred to himself as 'Chief Twit' The tweet shared a link to an article suggesting the House Speaker's husband left a San Francisco gay bar with David DePape prior to his assault.