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Twitter’s first layoff round, via @unusual_whales — confirmed, and bigger

An Oct 31, 2022 report described a first round of layoffs. By Nov 4, about half of staff were gone.

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Leaked on 31 October 2022

Evidence tray card: Twitter’s first layoff round, via @unusual_whales — confirmed, and bigger

On Oct 31, 2022, @unusual_whales posted that Twitter planned to cut a quarter of its workforce in a first round of layoffs, citing The Washington Post.

The Washington Post reported that day that Elon Musk was planning layoffs. On Nov 4, The Verge reported that about half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees were gone.

Confirmed that layoffs happened; the cuts were larger than the post’s figure.

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JUST IN: Twitter plans to let go of a quarter of its workforce as part of what is expected to be a first round of layoffs, per Washington Post.

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