Elon Musk is to start reducing Twitter’s workforce today, the company has told staff, a week after completing his $44 billion takeover.
In an email to workers, the social media group confirmed it would “go through the difficult process” of lay-offs.
Twitter, which started the year with about 7,500 employees, plans to contact each of them by 9am in San Francisco – late afternoon in London – on Friday.
While the process is carried out, the company has temporarily shut its offices. It has sites around the world, including in London and New York.
The message to employees, which was signed from “Twitter,” did not set out how many would be affected by the cuts. Reports in recent days have suggested that Musk planned to reduce the company’s workforce by as much as half.