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Twitter fires majority of employees in India as part of global layoffs

Musk plans to cut about half the global workforce

Elon Musk, owner and CEO, Twitter, arrives at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in Manhattan on Friday. Photo: Reuters
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Elon Musk, owner and CEO, Twitter, arrives at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in Manhattan on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Sourabh Lele New Delhi
Twitter’s much dreaded pink slip trended all day at the social networking giant’s own platform even as its offices around the world — San Fancisco headquarters at downtown Market Street to TEC Qutab in New Delhi — wore a mandated deserted look.

Within days of Elon Musk taking over as Twitter boss after a $44-billion deal, the company sent out a memo to its staff Thursday night, telling them how they will know whether they’ve been fired or retained in the organisation. By Friday evening, the news was out that a large majority of employees at Twitter India had been fired.