 November 6, 2022 Meanwhile, former CEO Jack Dorsey has broken his silence over the state of things at the company he co-founded. Taking note of the mass layoffs, Dorsey shouldered the blame by saying that he had grown the company too fast. He acknowledged that 'I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation.' I am grateful for, and love, everyone who has ever worked on Twitter. I don't expect that to be mutual in this moment…or ever…and I understand. ðŸ'™— jack (@jack) November 5, 2022 Last week, the first official word from Twitter's new leadership after Elon Musk's takeover was a memo telling workers they'd know whether they were out based on an email titled 'Your Role At Twitter'. If it was sent to their work email, they're still employed; if it went to their personal email, their employment is being 'impacted'. What's more, users have been leaving the platform in droves since the takeover was announced. Over 800,000 accounts have been deactivated since the takeover, and another 500,000 were suspended, according to Christopher Bouzy, who runs the tracker Bot Sentinel. 'Bas){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Twitter has apparently started asking some staff who were laid off last week to come back on board.
Just days after remotely locking workers out of their laptops and blocking their office keycards while they slept, the social media giant has had a change of heart.
Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that Twitter feels it may have been too hasty firing around 3,800 people from across the company.
The company is reaching out to ex-employees on Slack to see if they would be willing to return.