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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.

Leaked on 31 October 2022

![Evidence tray card: Twitter’s first layoff round, via @unusual_whales — confirmed, and bigger](https://leakly.com/assets/og/twitter-layoffs-2022.png)

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](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/31/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs/).

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
>
> 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.
>
> 1,085 likes · 98 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
>
> — unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) [October 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1587062102459822083)

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The Washington Post reported that day that Elon Musk was planning layoffs. On Nov 4, [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/4/23439790/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-trust-and-safety-teams-severance) 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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## What happened later

Confirmed, larger than reported.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1587062102459822083)
* [Washington Post — Elon Musk plans Twitter layoffs with new team](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/31/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs/)
* [The Verge — Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/4/23439790/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-trust-and-safety-teams-severance)

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