

That number may be considerably higher now as advertisers abandon the platform and Musk is forced to pay sizeable severance packages to those he has already sacked. Donald Trump ’s underwhelming major announcement went down like a lead balloon on Twitter with friends and foes alike. So ended two posts from former President Donald Trump, who has been posting incessantly often in all caps on his Truth Social page for the last few days. The company was losing money prior to the billionaire's take over of Twitter to the tune of $4 million per day. USA TODAY 0:00 0:30 Twitter blocked and labeled some of Donald Trumps claims of election fraud in the run-up and aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. There are fears that those departures will spell trouble for Twitter as it struggles to handle increased traffic following the turmoil at the company on top of the World Cup.Įven so, Bloomberg reports that Musk is considering further layoffs at the social media platform specifically in the sales and partnership groups. Many of the engineers who have left are responsible for fixing bugs and preventing service outages.

Twitter's offices have been closed to employees since late Thursday the day Musk had set as a dealine for his ultimatum for the remaining workforce to either accept “long hours at high intensity” or leave.įar more chose to pack their things than anticipated forcing Musk to roll back his return-to-office mandate. If a worker's manager asserts that they are making “an excellent contribution” they will be able to continue working from home. More firings could be in store at Twitter as platform struggles to cope
