Elon Musk appears to make jibe at 200 Twitter employees he just fired
2 years ago

Elon Musk appears to make jibe at 200 Twitter employees he just fired

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has appeared to make an unsavoury jibe at the hundreds of Twitter employees he just plunged into unemployment. The New York Times put the number at around 200, roughly 10 per cent of the company’s remaining 2,000 workers, while Silicon Valley insiders’ news site The Information said it was at least 50. The layoffs reportedly included employees who had been publicly loyal to Mr Musk, such as payments chief Esther Crawford, as well as founders of smaller companies that Twitter had acquired before Mr Musk’s takeover. A team that maintains Twitter’s monetisation infrastructure was reduced from 30 people to fewer than eight, the Times said, while other cuts hit teams responsible for keeping the site online in challenging circumstances.

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'On the bubble': Trump threatens to fire million govt. workers who didn't respond to Musk
2 weeks, 3 days ago

'On the bubble': Trump threatens to fire million govt. workers who didn't respond to Musk

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump suggested he could fire up to a million government workers who didn't respond to Elon Musk's request for an email justifying their jobs. Musk insisted that the request was a "pulse check" because he thought "a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond." "And some people who …

Elon Musk might want to take a look at himself before sending snarky emails
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Elon Musk might want to take a look at himself before sending snarky emails

The Independent  

He loves the grand show, does Elon Musk. Musk has now admitted it was all a ruse anyway – to test that said employees were “capable of sending an email” in the first place. “Ruse” or not, it is notable that the courts and department heads – including the FBI director Kash Patel – seemingly encouraged workers to push back …

Elon Musk asks federal employees to share weekly job progress or get 'dismissed'
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Elon Musk asks federal employees to share weekly job progress or get 'dismissed'

Op India  

In a bombshell announcement, US tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday, asked all federal employees to share the progress they had achieved in their work in the last week and said that failure to respond would be taken as a ‘resignation’. “Consistent with President@realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done …

Musk's ultimatum: Federal workers given 48 hours to explain themselves or face resignation
3 weeks ago

Musk's ultimatum: Federal workers given 48 hours to explain themselves or face resignation

Firstpost  

The deadline to reply is Monday at 11:59 p.m., although the email did not include Musk’s social media threat about those who fail to respond Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade …

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences
3 weeks ago

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his drive to slash the size of federal government. “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to …

Musk leaves CNN host bemused with garbled new threat to fire every single federal worker
Top News
3 weeks ago

Musk leaves CNN host bemused with garbled new threat to fire every single federal worker

Raw Story  

Elon Musk issued a confusing order to all federal workers Saturday — and told them failure to comply will result in their immediate firing. The message sent on his social media network X came amid weeks of massive culls that have seen thousands of government staffers lose their jobs — and Musk proudly waving around a chainsaw at the Conservative …

Elon Musk brings Twitter-style chaos to US government, sparking controversy
1 month, 1 week ago

Elon Musk brings Twitter-style chaos to US government, sparking controversy

India Today  

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround. “It isn’t working,” said Ross Gerber, a minority stockholder at X who has written down his stake to zero and expects Musk to fail in Washington, too. “For a lot …

The slash-and-burn tactics Musk brings to Washington often backfired at Twitter
1 month, 1 week ago

The slash-and-burn tactics Musk brings to Washington often backfired at Twitter

Associated Press  

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround. “It isn’t working,” said Ross Gerber, a minority stock holder at X who has written down his stake to zero and expects Musk to fail in Washington, too. “For a …

'Musk's fingerprints all over' bewildering email sent to federal workers: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Musk's fingerprints all over' bewildering email sent to federal workers: report

Raw Story  

An already bewildered federal workforce is grappling with the same scenario Twitter employees faced just over two years ago: Quit or commit to the new mission. An email sent this week to 2.3 million government workers, with the subject line "Fork in the Road," resembles one sent to employees of the social media platform in November 2022 after Elon Musk …

Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
55 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government

Wired  

Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel. On Tuesday, federal employees received an email that mirrors the “Fork in the Road” missive sent to Twitter staff shortly after Musk bought the company in 2022. …

Elon Musk beats $500m severance lawsuit by fired Twitter workers
8 months ago

Elon Musk beats $500m severance lawsuit by fired Twitter workers

Al Jazeera  

The US judge said the federal law governing benefit plans did not cover the former employees’ claims. United States District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco, California ruled on Tuesday that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act governing benefit plans did not cover the former employees’ claims, and therefore she lacked jurisdiction. The case is one of many accusing …

Tesla layoffs: Employee shares her ordeal after receiving ‘Your last working day is today’ mail from Elon Musk
10 months, 1 week ago

Tesla layoffs: Employee shares her ordeal after receiving ‘Your last working day is today’ mail from Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Another week, another round of Tesla layoffs and the fourth week of bloodbath continues at Elon Musk's auto-mobile firm. Alisha Ferenczi, Tesla's Ex Senior Service Advisor shared her termination letter Several employees took to social media to share their experiences of how a single email turned their lives upside down, including Cheryl Cai, a UX Designer who worked with Apple …

Tesla layoffs: ‘Your last working day is today’, Elon Musk's ‘insensitive’ termination mail to employees goes viral
10 months, 1 week ago

Tesla layoffs: ‘Your last working day is today’, Elon Musk's ‘insensitive’ termination mail to employees goes viral

Hindustan Times  

As the bloodbath continues at world's one of richest man, Elon Musk's company Tesla, his former employees are now sharing experiences of how their association with the company was snapped with a single mail. Viral image of Tesla's separation letter as Elon Musk's company announces another round of layoffs In the latest round of layoff workers from the company’s software, …

Twitter's head of safety was scared of Elon Musk if they ended on bad terms, left without severance
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter's head of safety was scared of Elon Musk if they ended on bad terms, left without severance

India Today  

When Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, a lot was written about how he was shaking up things inside the Twitter headquarters and began firing people left, right and center. Several Twitter employees also stepped down voluntarily under Musk’s rule and Twitter’s head of safety, Yoel Roth, was one of them. According to Elon Musk’s biography that was launched …

Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit
1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s X has agreed to attempt to settle a lawsuit by former …

New lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter owes more severance to former employees
1 year, 8 months ago

New lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter owes more severance to former employees

CNN  

New York CNN — A former Twitter employee on Wednesday filed a new lawsuit against Twitter and its owner, Elon Musk, alleging that the company failed to provide the full amount of severance it had promised employees prior to mass layoffs last November. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal district court in California and seeks class action status, asks …

Twitter threatens to sue Meta for hiring employees Elon Musk had fired
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter threatens to sue Meta for hiring employees Elon Musk had fired

Live Mint  

Elon Musk after completing his takeover bid of Twitter fired almost half of the company's 7,800 employees. However, a day after Mark Zuckerberg's Meta platform released Twitter's rival platform Threads, the Elon Musk's company is threatening to sue them for hiring employees Twitter had fired! Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday and has logged more than 30 million sign ups, …

Musk’s house crumbling? His ‘enforcer’ Ella Irwin quits Twitter
1 year, 9 months ago

Musk’s house crumbling? His ‘enforcer’ Ella Irwin quits Twitter

Firstpost  

Ella Irwin, one of Elon Musk’s closest confidants, and head of Twitter’s Trust and Safety has resigned from her job. Irwin first joined Twitter’s trust and safety team in June, left when Musk was in the process of taking over, rejoined Twitter and quickly climbed the ranks to become the head of the division after Elon Musk assumed complete control …

Elon Musk suggests Twitter is more productive after job cuts, urges more companies to do the same
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk suggests Twitter is more productive after job cuts, urges more companies to do the same

India Today  

Twitter and Tesla owner Elon Musk suggests that big tech companies should cut jobs to increase the value of work and productivity. He notes that in most companies, there are workers who "help move things forward" and employees "who try to slam the brakes on," adding that nine out of ten people at Twitter dropped productivity. More workers got laid …

Elon Musk accepts mistake in firing Twitter employees en masse, will rehire some people
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk accepts mistake in firing Twitter employees en masse, will rehire some people

Firstpost  

Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has implemented significant changes to the ethos at Twitter, which included reducing the headcount by almost 90 per cent. Musk acknowledged that the decision to rapidly downsize was a result of the company’s dire financial situation, stating, “In desperate times, desperate measures are called for… Unfortunately, when you do it quickly, some innocent people …

Wrongly fired? Twitter to re-hire some employees, Elon Musk admits some firing were not correct
1 year, 9 months ago

Wrongly fired? Twitter to re-hire some employees, Elon Musk admits some firing were not correct

India Today  

Twitter will re-hire some of the employees that were laid off in the past few months. In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber following the latest Tesla shareholder meeting, Elon Musk confirmed the same and admitted that the layoffs were not done in the correct manner. For those who are unaware, Elon Musk took control of Twitter back in October …

Musk says owning Twitter ‘painful’ but needed to be done
1 year, 11 months ago

Musk says owning Twitter ‘painful’ but needed to be done

Associated Press  

LONDON — Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year. After buying Twitter for $44 billion last year, Musk’s changes included eliminating the company’s communiciations department. Musk predicted that Twitter could become “cash flow positive” in …

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts. The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems …

Musk asks Twitter managers for best workers, then sacks them and...: Report
2 years ago

Musk asks Twitter managers for best workers, then sacks them and...: Report

Hindustan Times  

Twitter boss Elon Musk - who has made firing over three-fourth of the company's previously 8,000-strong workforce since buying it in October last year - was called out Thursday for reportedly asking senior managers to recommend their best employees for promotion, and then firing the former and replacing them with the latter as part of a 'cost-cutting drive', British publication …

Elon Musk apologises after saying disabled Twitter worker was ‘the worst’ and did nothing
2 years ago

Elon Musk apologises after saying disabled Twitter worker was ‘the worst’ and did nothing

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Icelandic entrepreneur Halli Thorleifsson – who sold his company to Twitter and has ben voted as the …

Elon Musk mocks laid-off Twitter employee with disability
2 years ago

Elon Musk mocks laid-off Twitter employee with disability

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Instead, after nine days of no answer from Twitter …

Twitter layoff: War of words between Elon Musk and ex-employee ends with surprise apology
2 years ago

Twitter layoff: War of words between Elon Musk and ex-employee ends with surprise apology

India TV News  

Twitter's CEO Elon Musk and its former employee Haraldur Thorleifsson engaged in a dramatic war of words that ended with the apology by the head of the microblogging site. Instead, after nine days of no answer from Twitter as to whether or not he was still employed, Thorleifsson decided to tweet at Musk to see if he could catch the …

Elon Musk Publicly Drags Twitter Employee Who Didn't Know If He'd Been Laid Off
2 years ago

Elon Musk Publicly Drags Twitter Employee Who Didn't Know If He'd Been Laid Off

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Twitter worker unsure about his employment status at the company resorted to tweeting at Elon Musk on Monday, prompting the CEO to respond by mocking the man. Thorleifsson replied by first noting he “would need to break confidentiality” to answer, to which Musk responded succinctly, “It’s approved, you go ahead.” When Thorleifsson proceeded to detail his …

After Musk accuses him of using disability as an excuse, Twitter staff hits back
2 years ago

After Musk accuses him of using disability as an excuse, Twitter staff hits back

Hindustan Times  

Twitter owner Elon Musk had a tweet showdown with an employee of the company he owns now. Haraldur Thorleifsson had asked Musk whether he was still an employee of his company or had been laid off as the access to his work computer had been snapped. After a brief Twitter exchange between the employer and his employee went viral, Musk …

Elon Musk has bodyguards at Twitter HQ who even accompany him to bathroom, claim staff
2 years ago

Elon Musk has bodyguards at Twitter HQ who even accompany him to bathroom, claim staff

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An engineer told the BBC that things may appear fine on the outside, but “for someone on …

Unsure If Still Employed, This Twitter Worker Asks Elon Musk For Confirmation. Gets Roasted Instead
2 years ago

Unsure If Still Employed, This Twitter Worker Asks Elon Musk For Confirmation. Gets Roasted Instead

ABP News  

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took over Twitter in a hostile $44-billion takeover in October 2022. Amidst all this, Haraldur Thorleifsson, a Reykjavík-based entrepreneur and Twitter employee, asked Musk if he was still employed at the company since HR wasn’t offering any communication on being laid off. — Elon Musk March 7, 2023 After getting approval from Musk that he won’t …

Musk laughs at Twitter staff unaware of his job status: ‘treats people like…’
2 years ago

Musk laughs at Twitter staff unaware of his job status: ‘treats people like…’

Hindustan Times  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday laughed at an employee who was unaware of current status in the social media company which is trying hard to stabilize after several rounds of layoffs saw more than two thirds of staff let go. “Maybe if enough people retweet you'll answer me here?” This triggered a response from Elon Musk who asked Thorleifsson …

Laid off by Elon Musk, Twitter engineer struggling to find a new job
2 years ago

Laid off by Elon Musk, Twitter engineer struggling to find a new job

India Today  

The tech job market has been in a state of flux for the past couple of months and companies have been firing employees left, right and center. Ex-Twitter engineer’s take on tech job market A Twitter engineer, who was fired by Elon Musk, said that the tech job market is ‘hot garbage’ right now and that he has faced a …

Senior Twitter exec who slept on office floor says businesses are not families after being fired by Elon Musk
2 years ago

Senior Twitter exec who slept on office floor says businesses are not families after being fired by Elon Musk

India Today  

Ever since Elon Musk took over as Twitter's new owner, a lot of changes had been introduced in the company. Esther Crawford, one of Musk's loyalists who committed to building Twitter 2.0, was also amongst the ones impacted by the latest round of layoffs at the company. Elon Musk's promise to remaining employees Meanwhile, reports had surfaced earlier this week …

Twitter goes down days after Musk fires 200 staff
2 years ago

Twitter goes down days after Musk fires 200 staff

The Telegraph  

Twitter’s main timelines have gone down for thousands of internet users as the social network endures more glitches under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social network’s “For You” and “Following” tabs, where users view other people’s Tweets, were not loading for thousands of people on Wednesday morning. The outage is the latest wobble for the social network since its acquisition by …

Twitter was down for hours after Elon Musk fired 200 employees, now fixed and tweets showing up
2 years ago

Twitter was down for hours after Elon Musk fired 200 employees, now fixed and tweets showing up

India Today  

Twitter is down again. This is nothing new as the platform has faced multiple outages in the last few months, especially after Elon Musk acquired the platform and fired thousands of employees. And Twitter users believe that the platform is down because Musk fired some engineers in the latest round of layoffs. Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently said that he, …

Twitter employees found out about their layoffs after they were denied access to their work emails and laptops
2 years ago

Twitter employees found out about their layoffs after they were denied access to their work emails and laptops

India Today  

In November 2022, after firing the majority of Twitter's workforce, Elon Musk had promised that there would be no more layoffs at the company. However, since then, Musk has conducted multiple rounds of layoffs at Twitter and the company that once had over 7,500 people now roughly has around 2,000 left employees in it. As per latest reports, several Twitter …

Musk loyalist who slept on floor at Twitter speaks out against backlash after getting fired
2 years ago

Musk loyalist who slept on floor at Twitter speaks out against backlash after getting fired

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Elon Musk loyalist pictured sleeping inside Twitter’s office floor to show she …

Elon Musk sacks 200 MORE Twitter staff - including Esther Crawford
2 years ago

Elon Musk sacks 200 MORE Twitter staff - including Esther Crawford

Daily Mail  

Twitter has laid off another 200 employees, around 10 percent of its remaining workforce, in the latest round of job cuts since Elon Musk took over last October. Saturday's cuts targeted product managers, data scientists and engineers and include product manager and Musk devotee Esther Crawford who led the launch of paid subscription service Twitter Blue. Crawford famously backed Musk's …

Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce
2 years ago

Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in its latest round of job cuts since Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging site last October. The layoffs on Saturday night impacted product managers, data scientists and engineers who worked on machine learning and site reliability, …

Twitter sacks at least 200 employees in latest round of layoffs: Report
2 years ago

Twitter sacks at least 200 employees in latest round of layoffs: Report

Hindustan Times  

Twitter Inc has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in its latest round of job cuts since Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging site last October. The layoffs on Saturday night impacted product managers, data scientists and engineers who worked on machine learning and site reliability, …

After being laid-off from Twitter, Esther Crawford expressed her emotions via Tweet
2 years ago

After being laid-off from Twitter, Esther Crawford expressed her emotions via Tweet

India TV News  

And Twitter again started the layoff rounds again, and this time it targeted someone senior who helped the firm to get the foundation. The musk-owned micro-blogging platform has laid-off Esther Crawford, Twitter's product manager who led a number of projects at the platform, including the Blue with verification subscription fees and the company's upcoming payments platform. Image Source : ESTHER …

Senior Twitter exec who slept on office floor, worked hardcore for Elon Musk now fired by Twitter boss
2 years ago

Senior Twitter exec who slept on office floor, worked hardcore for Elon Musk now fired by Twitter boss

India Today  

Twitter has started another round of layoffs, and one of the impacted workers is Esther Crawford, who was heading various projects such as Blue verification subscription and the upcoming payments platform. According to Platformer's Zoe Schiffer and as reported by The Verge, Crawford was among the remaining members of Twitter's product team following Musk's formal takeover in late October 2022. …

Another round of job cuts at Twitter, at least 50 laid off: Report
2 years ago

Another round of job cuts at Twitter, at least 50 laid off: Report

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk's Twitter Inc laid off dozens of employees on Saturday in what is at least the eighth round of job cuts since Musk took over the social network in late October, the Information reported. The job cuts impacted multiple engineering teams, including those supporting advertising technology, the main Twitter app as well as technical infrastructure to keep Twitter's systems …

Twitter layoffs continue: Elon Musk-led company fires 50 more amid cost cuts
2 years ago

Twitter layoffs continue: Elon Musk-led company fires 50 more amid cost cuts

Live Mint  

Twitter undertook yet another round of job cuts this week with around 50 people being laid off on Saturday. According to a report by The Information, the job cuts impacted multiple engineering teams - including those supporting advertising technology, the main Twitter app as well as technical infrastructure to keep Twitter's systems up and running. Musk had noted last year …

Elon Musk has unblocked everyone from Twitter and wants you to do the same, says negative feedback is good
2 years ago

Elon Musk has unblocked everyone from Twitter and wants you to do the same, says negative feedback is good

India Today  

If you were blocked by Elon Musk on Twitter, there's some 'good news' for you. Elon Musk unblocks everyone from Twitter In a tweet, Musk wrote, "I have unblocked everyone I blocked, apart from scammers. Recent layoffs at Twitter Elon Musk had recently announced more layoffs at Twitter, after promising no more layoffs in November last year. The report also …

Elon Musk fires Twitter staff again despite promises of no more layoffs: Report
2 years ago

Elon Musk fires Twitter staff again despite promises of no more layoffs: Report

Hindustan Times  

Despite promising in November 2022 that there will be no more layoffs, Elon Musk has fired more employees from Twitter, as per a report in The Verge. Musk's aggressiveness to boost its ads business has invited criticism even from former Twitter ads chief Bruce Falck. Musk has reportedly directed staff to revamp the microblogging site’s ad targeting in a week …

Twitter continues to layoff more employees after shutting India offices
2 years 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
2 years 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 …

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