Twitter Reportedly Lays Off 200 Staffers Including Head Of Blue Subscription Service

Topline Twitter has laid off more than 200 staffers including some top executives who had risen up the ranks after Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, various news outlets reported, a move that comes weeks after the social media company’s billionaire owner and CEO said he was working to “stabilize the organization.” A view of Twitter’s logo at Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco, California, United States.Anadolu Agency Key Facts According to the New York Times, the layoffs have impacted 10% of Twitter’s remaining workforce of 2,000 people, with many learning that they had been laid off after losing access to their company email accounts and laptops. The layoffs reportedly began on Saturday night with many learning about their fate on Sunday. Twitter Blue head Esther Crawford—who had previously defended the company’s new work culture under Musk and vowed to go “all-in”—also faced the axe, the Platformer’s Zoe Schiffer reported. Crawford the founder of the screen-sharing app Squad joined Twitter after her company was acquired by the social media giant in late 2020. Newsletter platform Revue founder, Martin de Kujiper, and design firm Ueno’s founder Haraldur Thorleifsson—both of whose companies were acquired by Twitter in 2021—were also among those laid off
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