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Twitter has only about 1,000 employees left

ZNewsZNews04/05/2023


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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2023 15:35 (GMT+7)
  • 23 hours ago

After 6 months under the management of billionaire Elon Musk, social network Twitter has reduced nearly 90% of its employees.

Elon Musk fires staff at Twitter. Photo: Reuters .

Twitter's workforce is at its lowest level in years as Elon Musk continues to lay off employees and others leave for new jobs. According to Business Insider , two sources who asked not to be named revealed that Twitter's current full-time staff is just 1,000 people.

A few weeks ago, Musk said Twitter had about 1,500 employees, but did not specify whether that number included contract workers. One source familiar with the matter said Twitter’s headcount was “much lower,” around 1,000.

Musk has been steadily cutting Twitter's staff since he took over in October 2022. At the time, the social media company had about 7,500 employees. After several rounds of layoffs and mass departures, the number of full-time employees dropped below 2,000 earlier this year, according to Business Insider .

The massive layoffs sometimes wipe out entire teams. Since the start of the year, employees in safety, engineering, product, and advertising have been hit hardest. Many others have left or found other positions outside Twitter.

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Twitter has only about 1,000 employees left under Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters.

Despite the massive turnover, the company’s leadership continued to demand constant performance reviews, putting a lot of pressure on those who remained, according to a former employee. Employees who had not been fired had to scramble to meet the demands of boss Elon Musk while also dealing with the constant problems that arose due to staff shortages.

A few people were hired or promoted by Musk, including the head of legal, but most were short-lived.

Twitter employees are required to submit weekly reports on their work, and can then be quietly fired without explanation. Some are also “questioned” about leaking information to the media before being fired.

The last time Twitter had this few employees was in 2011. According to a company blog post in January of that year, it had 400 employees responsible for running a social network with about 100 million active users.

Twitter now has more than 250 million daily active users, up from about 244 million six months ago, according to data from Apptopia . However, app downloads have dropped nearly 15% over the past three months.

In the first weeks of Musk's tenure, Twitter downloads and usage skyrocketed. The billionaire has previously stated his ambition to reach 1 billion monthly users by next year.

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