Entrepreneur Elon Musk has plans to lay off 75% of Twitter employees and reduce them to around 2,000 people, according to The Washington Post.
The newspaper claims to have obtained documents on the latest conversations between the millionaire and potential investors that will help him close the purchase of the social network.
The Washington Post also adds that, even if the purchase is not formalized, the company will make large cuts in personnel that will affect approximately a quarter of the 7,500 workers.
No other media outlet has yet echoed these plans, nor has Musk reacted through his Twitter account.
The document notes that the cutbacks could affect the network’s ability to control harmful or offensive content, such as child pornography, as well as prevent content security breaches.
According to documents consulted by The Washington Post and testimonies from other sources, the cuts would have effects not only on the personnel, but also on the company’s infrastructure, specifically in the data centers that allow the operation of the network, consulted daily by more of 200 million users.
According to the newspaper, the aforementioned cuts explain the anxiety with which Twitter has tried to close the sale to Musk for 44,000 million dollars (about 45,000 million euros), since this would mean that the current management would hinder the decisions of the future direction. .
An expert in scientific data contacted by the publication pointed out that, if the cuts are confirmed, they will have a “domino effect”: worse services, fewer support staff and a growing demoralization of the rest of the workforce, which has lived through months of uncertainty. about Elon Musk’s interests in the business.
If there is no news, the purchase will be sealed on October 28, the day on which Musk will become the sole owner of the Twitter social network and will be able to make the changes he wishes.
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Source: TSF
