Twitter reportedly lays off more of its global content moderation team
The job cuts affected "at least a dozen" employees in two global offices.
In what has become a monthly Twitter event, the company further downsized. On Friday night, Twitter reportedly laid off "at least a dozen" workers at its Dublin and Singapore offices. According to Bloomberg, the victims include Analuisa Dominguez, the company's former senior director of revenue policy. The outlet reports that Twitter has also laid off employees responsible for managing the company's misinformation policy, in addition to a handful of employees involved in the platform's global appeals process and media program. 'State.
Ella Irwin, head of trust and safety at Twitter, confirmed that the company had recently laid off more staff, but took issue with the teams affected by the cuts. "It made more sense to group teams under one leader (instead of two) for example," she told Bloomberg, adding that Twitter was eliminating roles in areas where the The company didn't see enough "volume" to justify spending on talent. She also said that Twitter has increased the staffing of its calls department and will continue to have a revenue policy officer.
On Nov. 21, shortly after delivering his "extremely harsh" ultimatum to Twitter employees, Elon Musk reportedly declared that the company would not fire or fire any more workers in a show of hands meeting. Although the scale of Twitter's subsequent layoffs did not match those that took place shortly after Musk's takeover, the company has downsized despite the billionaire's hiring. The company let go of part of its infrastructure division in the middle of last month. A recent estimate from The Information puts the company's workforce at around 2,000 employees, just over a quarter of what it had before Musk's purchase.
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The job cuts affected "at least a dozen" employees in two global offices.
In what has become a monthly Twitter event, the company further downsized. On Friday night, Twitter reportedly laid off "at least a dozen" workers at its Dublin and Singapore offices. According to Bloomberg, the victims include Analuisa Dominguez, the company's former senior director of revenue policy. The outlet reports that Twitter has also laid off employees responsible for managing the company's misinformation policy, in addition to a handful of employees involved in the platform's global appeals process and media program. 'State.
Ella Irwin, head of trust and safety at Twitter, confirmed that the company had recently laid off more staff, but took issue with the teams affected by the cuts. "It made more sense to group teams under one leader (instead of two) for example," she told Bloomberg, adding that Twitter was eliminating roles in areas where the The company didn't see enough "volume" to justify spending on talent. She also said that Twitter has increased the staffing of its calls department and will continue to have a revenue policy officer.
On Nov. 21, shortly after delivering his "extremely harsh" ultimatum to Twitter employees, Elon Musk reportedly declared that the company would not fire or fire any more workers in a show of hands meeting. Although the scale of Twitter's subsequent layoffs did not match those that took place shortly after Musk's takeover, the company has downsized despite the billionaire's hiring. The company let go of part of its infrastructure division in the middle of last month. A recent estimate from The Information puts the company's workforce at around 2,000 employees, just over a quarter of what it had before Musk's purchase.
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices correct at time of publication.
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