The move follows a week of uncertainty over the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in an email to staff that it would update them by 9am. Pacific time on Friday for the staff cuts. “In an effort to put Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” said the email sent on Thursday, seen by Reuters.

			Canadian staff hit amid global layoffs

The Canadian Press reported Friday that Paul Burns, managing director of the company’s Canadian operations, and Michele Austin, Twitter’s director of public policy for the U.S. and Canada, announced Friday that they are leaving the tech giant based in San Francisco on social media. Story continues below ad “It’s been crazy the last 4.5 years,” Burns said on Twitter. 4:49 Elon Musk proposes monthly verified fee on Twitter despite initial user backlash and promises massive layoffs coming soon “To the people, friends, partners and bites that made this place so special, thank you for all the adventures. I love you all so much.” Burns joined the company in 2018, taking on the top position of the business in Canada, and in recent years has overseen the creation of the first Canadian engineering hub.

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Austin has been with Twitter just as long and served in a high-profile role that saw her represent the company before government committees and help shape election policies. Austin was “heartbroken” when she announced her firing. Story continues below ad “It’s been the best, craziest, most rewarding five-year ride of my career,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “I loved every minute of it.”

			What is behind the layoffs?

Musk, the world’s richest man, wants to cut about 3,700 Twitter employees, or about half the workforce, as he seeks to cut costs and impose a demanding new work ethic, according to internal plans reviewed by Reuters this week. the week. The company’s content moderation team is expected to be affected, according to tweets from Twitter staff. Musk promised to restore free speech while preventing Twitter from descending into a “hellscape.” However, his assurances failed to deter major advertisers from threatening to pull out of the platform. Current trend

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Volkswagen has advised its brands to halt paid advertising on Twitter until further notice following Musk’s buyout, it said on Friday. His comments echoed similar remarks from other companies, including General Motors and General Mills. Story continues below ad Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Twitter’s Curation team, which is responsible for “highlighting and contextualizing the best events and stories unfolding on Twitter,” has been retired, officials at the platform said. The company’s communications team in India has also been fired, according to a Twitter executive in Asia. Some employees reported losing access to internal systems and being unable to say goodbye to colleagues. “I seem to be unemployed. Just remotely logged out of my work laptop and removed from Slack,” tweeted a user with the account @SBkcrn, whose profile is described as a former senior community manager at Twitter. 2:27 Tech Talk: Twitter’s verification fee and Google’s removal of personal information Twitter employees expressed their dismay at the layoffs on the social network, using the hashtag #OneTeam. Story continues below ad User Rachel Bonn tweeted: “Last Thursday at the SF (San Francisco) office, really the last day Twitter was Twitter. 8 months pregnant and a 9 month old child. I’ve just been cut off from laptop access.” Responding to the #OneTeam thread, Twitter’s Head of Security and Integrity, Yoel Roth, said: “Tweeps: My DMs (direct message paths) are always open for you. Tell me how I can help.” Roth was the most senior executive to publicly tweet support for staff losing their jobs. He also seemed to still have his job. Last week, Musk backed Roth, citing his “high integrity” after calling him out for criticism of former US President Donald Trump years earlier.

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Roth did not respond to a request for comment. Twitter said in the email that its offices will be temporarily closed and all access to the badge will be suspended in order to “help ensure the security of each employee, as well as Twitter systems and customer data.” The company’s office in Piccadilly Circus, London, appeared deserted on Friday, with no employees. Inside, any evidence that the social media giant had once occupied the building had been erased. Security staff said renovation work was underway, declining to comment further. Story continues below ad The company said employees not affected by the layoffs will be notified through their work email addresses. Staff who had been laid off will be notified of next steps at their personal email addresses, the memo said. A member of security staff at Twitter’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin told reporters that no one was entering the office on Friday and that employees had been told to stay home. Another security staff member locked the revolving doors at the front of the building where about 500 staff worked before the layoffs began.

			A class action lawsuit was filed

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against Twitter by its employees, who claimed the company was conducting mass layoffs without providing the required 60-day notice, in violation of federal and California law. Story continues below ad The suit also asked a federal court in San Francisco to issue an order restraining Twitter from asking fired employees to sign documents without notifying them of the pending case. Musk asked Twitter teams to find up to $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings, according to two sources familiar with the matter and an internal Slack message reviewed by Reuters. He has already purged the company’s upper echelons, firing its CEO and top financial and legal executives. Others, including those at the top of the company’s advertising, marketing and human resources departments, have departed in the past week. Musk’s first week as owner of Twitter has been marked by chaos and uncertainty. Two company-wide meetings were scheduled, which were canceled a few hours later. Workers told Reuters they were left to gather information through media reports, private message groups and anonymous forums. The layoffs, which were long expected, have frozen Twitter’s famously open corporate culture that has been praised by many of its employees. “If you are in an office or going to an office, please go home,” Twitter said in the email Thursday. With files from The Canadian Press.