{"id":1722368,"date":"2022-11-02T22:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722368"},"modified":"2022-11-02T22:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T02:18:32","slug":"the-purge-begins-musk-is-terminating-massive-number-of-twitter-employees-on-friday-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-begins-musk-is-terminating-massive-number-of-twitter-employees-on-friday-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purge Begins: Musk Is Terminating Massive Number Of Twitter Employees On Friday, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-purge-begins-musk-is-terminating-massive-number-of-twitter-employees-on-friday-report-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> will reportedly eliminate half of the company\u2019s workforce at the end of this week as he tries to make the company profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-11-02\/musk-plans-to-eliminate-half-of-twitter-jobs-in-cost-cut-drive?sref=PFCuwcPr&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_content=tech&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&#038;cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech#xj4y7vzkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Musk is cutting 3,700 of the company\u2019s 7,500 employees and that employees will be notified of their dismissal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Musk is also reportedly canceling a work-from-anywhere policy and is going to force employees to come into the office to work.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after initial reports suggested that Musk could cut up to 75% of the company\u2019s workforce, though subsequent reports suggested that the number could be as low as 25%.<\/p>\n<p>The details regarding the dismissal of the employees were not immediately clear, although the report said that Musk was considering paying them up to two months of severance pay.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/29\/technology\/twitter-layoffs-musk-jobs.html\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Musk \u201cordered the cuts across the company, with some teams to be trimmed more than others,\u201d adding that \u201csome managers [were] being asked to draw up lists of employees to cut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk took over the company Thursday evening after a six-month legal battle saw the deal nearly fall through and Twitter took Musk to court to force him to close on the company.<\/p>\n<p>Musk began his new reign at the company by firing leftist CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust, and safety, The Washington Post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/10\/27\/twitter-elon-musk\/\">reported<\/a>. The report said Musk also fired the company\u2019s general counsel, Sean Edgett, who was escorted out of the building.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Twitter CEO Elon Musk will reportedly eliminate half of the company\u2019s workforce at the end of this week as he tries to make the company profitable. Bloomberg News reported that Musk is cutting 3,700 of the company\u2019s 7,500 employees and that employees will be notified of their dismissal on Friday. 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