Elon Musk was reportedly set to fire half the workers at his newly-acquired Twitter on Friday in an effort to cut costs at the social media platform.
All employees were set to receive an email on Friday in Musk’s own version of Russian roulette – those lucky enough to keep their jobs would be notified via their work account, those shown the metaphorical door receiving notice through their personal email, according to multiple media reports on Friday.
The email to Twitter’s approximately 7,000 employees stated that its offices would be temporarily closed and all badge access suspended in order “to help ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data”.
Employees that have been sacked have already started sharing stories of being locked out of their company laptops.
Musk fired several Twitter executives immediately upon taking control of the company last week, including chief executive, Parag Agrawal, finance chief, Ned Segal, and legal affairs and policy chief, Vijaya Gadde.
The scorched-earth job cutting Musk’s is part of a desperate attempt by Musk to turn a profit at the platform for which he, by his own admission overpaid $44bn.
Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com
