Twitter fires majority of India employees

Musk plans to cut about half the global workforce

- SOURABH LELE

Twitter's much dreaded pink slip trended all day at the social networking giant's own platform even as its offices around the world-San Fancisco headquarters at downtown Market Street to TEC Qutab in New Delhi - wore a mandated deserted look.

Within days of Elon Musk taking over as Twitter boss after a $44-billion deal, the company sent out a memo to its staff Thursday night, telling them how they will know whether they've been fired or retained in the organisation. By Friday evening, the news was out that a large majority of employees at Twitter India had been fired. There was, however, no official confirmation. An email sent to the company remained unanswered.

The lay-offs in India were across segments such as policy, communication, engineering and development, said sources in the know. The total staff strength in Twitter India is estimated at around 200.