Following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, Twitter laid off approximately half of its workforce on Friday. As a result, scores of workers have been contacted and asked to return. According to two sources, some of the people who are being invited to come back were inadvertently fired. According to the sources, some people were fired before management realized that their expertise and skills could be needed to create the additional features that Elon Musk wants.
Twitter cut close to 3,700 people this week via email as a way to trim costs after Mr Musk’s acquisition, which closed in late October.
Many employees learnt they had lost their job after their access to company-wide systems, such as email and Slack, was suddenly suspended.
The requests for employees to return demonstrates how rushed and chaotic the process was.
A Twitter representative did not reply to a request for comment. Twitter’s plan to hire back workers was previously reported by Platformer.
“Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day,” Musk tweeted on Friday.
Twitter has close to 3,700 employees remaining, according to the sources.
Mr Musk is pushing those who remain at the company to move quickly in shipping new features, and in some cases, employees have even slept at the office to meet new deadlines.
Twitter unveiled a new Twitter Blue subscription plan at the weekend, offering a verification check mark for any user who pays $8 a month.
The company also said it would soon be launching other features, including half the advertisements, the ability to post longer videos and get priority ranking in replies, mentions and searches.
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