According to reports, some contractors found out that they were being laid off when they lost access to their work accounts.
Under the new ownership of Musk, the company slashed its full-time employee workforce by half.
According to contractors, they were locked out of work accounts on the weekend. Many of Twitter's full-time employees found out that they were being let go when they used work platforms like email and chat.
According to sources, some of the contractors have already been hit with layoffs.
Real estate and marketing were affected by contractor layoffs.
—Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) November 13, 2022
Many contractors ended up on teams with no full-time employees as they were worried about whether or not they would be able to get their final paycheck.
Ingle said that she was worried about how the layoffs would affect her and her family's finances.
Ingle said that this is not a way to treat people.
—Melissa Ingle (@mingle74) November 13, 2022
The company staff has been thrown into weeks of chaos.
The staff that was laid off were asked to come back. The other staff did not receive enough notice before they were fired.
Employees are being told to either return to work 40 hours a week or resign.
An as-told-to essay by Jyoti Mann describes the current environment as "ruthless".
Representatives for Musk did not reply to Insider's request.
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