Twitter emails employees about coming job cuts — by Friday morning, workers will know whether their roles are on the chopping block



Twitter has warned workers that the company will be downsizing and informed them that by Friday morning, they will receive an email about their own employment situation at the social media platform.

"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward," the email reads.

"Given the nature of our distributed workforce and our desire to inform impacted individuals as quickly as possible, communications for this process will take place via email. By 9AM PST on Friday Nov. 4th, everyone will receive an individual email with the subject line: Your Role at Twitter," the email notes.

"If your employment is not impacted, you will receive a notification via your Twitter email," the email states. "If your employment is impacted, you will receive a notification with next steps via your personal email."

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— Anthony DeRosa (@Anthony DeRosa) 1667522443

The job cuts come on the heels of billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk's acquisition of the Big Tech company — Musk has already ousted some figures, including former CEO Parag Agrawal.

Earlier this week, Musk blasted the company's "lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark," calling it "bulls**t," and indicating that he will offer verification and various features on the platform for $8 per month.

Musk has also indicated it will take some time before accounts previously banished from the platform be reinstated.

"Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he tweeted. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence," he wrote.

\u201c@yoyoel @JGreenblattADL @YaelEisenstat @rashadrobinson @JGo4Justice @normanlschen @DerrickNAACP @TheBushCenter @SindyBenavides Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence\u201d
— Yoel Roth (@Yoel Roth) 1667352293

AOC accuses Elon Musk of being insecure and of having 'an ego problem'



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Elon Musk of being insecure and having "an ego problem."

Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, announced on Tuesday that he plans to offer an $8 monthly subscription for users to get verified and access certain site features — he blasted the social media platform's present "lords & peasants system" for determining who gets a verification badge as "bulls**t."

"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

Musk then mocked the left-wing lawmaker by replying, "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." In another tweet, Musk highlighted that the lawmaker's campaign is selling $58 sweatshirts.

"My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids. You're a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

\u201c@elonmusk My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids.\n\nYou\u2019re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667425439

"Also my twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin," the lawmaker tweeted. "Just a reminder that money will never by your way out of insecurity, folks."

Musk has indicated that it will be weeks before users who were ousted from the platform will be reinstated. "Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he noted. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence," he tweeted.

\u201c@yoyoel @JGreenblattADL @YaelEisenstat @rashadrobinson @JGo4Justice @normanlschen @DerrickNAACP @TheBushCenter @SindyBenavides Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence\u201d
— Yoel Roth (@Yoel Roth) 1667352293