Meta and Google Snap up Twitter Staff Amid Musk Limbo – Business Insider

Over 500 employees have left Twitter in the past 90 days amid the company’s court battle with Elon Musk. Many of the employees have moved to major tech companies like Google and Meta, LinkedIn data shows. Musk has reportedly said he plans to lay off 75% of staff if he buys the company. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. There may not be many employees left to lay off if Elon Musk buys Twitter.Amid Musk’s months-long game of will-he-won’t-he with his offer to buy the company, hundreds of Twitter employees are leaving for opportunities at other tech giants like Google and Meta, according to a report from Greg Larkin and Elizabeth Gafford at Punks & Pinstripes. The company analyzed and verified LinkedIn data to see how many workers are leaving Twitter and where they go after they leave.Over the past 90 days about 530 workers have left Twitter — about 60% more than had left Twitter during the previous quarter. And nearly 50 more have left the company just this month as the odds of Musk buying the company look increasingly higher.Since Musk began acquiring…
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