As tumbleweeds blow through the empty halls and vacant office spaces of Twitter headquarters, even more people were fired.
Theodora Skeadas, a former employee of the public policy team at the social media company, said that half of the team had been laid off. According to a report from The Information, the platform cut engineering staff last Friday.
Legal and civil interactions regarding topics like speech rights, privacy, and safety were managed by the public policy team. The team field(ed) requests from governments and other organizations to set rules.
Skeadas did not immediately respond to questions about the layoffs, and the total number of people fired is not known. According to multiple unnamed sources, the leader of the public policy team has left the company.
Thousands of employees have been cut since Musk took over the social media platform. He had to rehir some. Musk wanted to make it so unpleasant that more people would quit their jobs.
At the end of October, it was reported that Musk was going to eliminate three quarters of the site's staff. The rumors came to fruition despite him denying them. Between forced exits and voluntary departures, an estimated 75% of the company's former employees no longer work there. Is this the next thing on the chopping block? It's likely the bluebird itself.
The platform's engineering, ethical artificial intelligence, and content moderation teams have all been dissolved. Skeadas was a leader of the trust and safety council. George Hotz quit the site after offering his services at a low cost for 12 weeks.
Skeadas said in her post that the work still mattered. Good fortune and strength to those who are still at the micro-messaging service. The few, the proud, the enduringTwitter staff are going to need more than luck and resolve. They will need a miracle.
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