Just two days after taking control of Twitter, owner and CEO Elon Musk is launching a wave of layoffs ahead of an expected stock grant to employees, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Twitter employees are scheduled to receive the grant on Nov. 1, which comprises a “significant portion” of employees’ compensation, according to the NYT, which cited four anonymous sources.
By firing employees before Nov. 1, Musk may be able to avoid paying for some grants, which were set to be paid out in cash under the conditions of Musk’s deal with Twitter to take the company private.
“I was told to expect somewhere around 50 percent of people will be laid off,” Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, told the NYT. Gerber, whose firm has invested less than $1 million in Musk’s takeover, claims to have been informed of the layoffs by Jared Birchall, the head of Musk’s family office.
Some managers are being asked to prepare lists of employees to be cut, and layoffs may begin as soon as Saturday, the NYT reported. The cuts are expected to be company-wide as part of Musk’s efforts to enhance profitability, which include looking for new ways to monetize the platform through advertisements and other means.
Musk on Wednesday denied reports that he intended to lay off 75% of the social media platform’s staff, but was expected to make some cuts to the company, according to Bloomberg. If confirmed, the layoffs would follow Musk’s decision to fire a variety of top executives as he took the helm, including former CEO Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal.
JUST IN: Elon Musk has reportedly planned to begin laying off workers at Twitter as soon as today, per the NYT, with managers being asked to draw up lists of employees to cut before a Nov. 1 date when employees were scheduled to receive stock grants as part of their compensation.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 29, 2022
He won’t layoff enough of the COMMUNIST that have a strangle hold of Twits United. It will take him years to clean out the company, he will need to replace all low and mid level manages with hatchet managers that keep their ears open and close to the ground to find all remaining closet COMMUNIST and fire them w/o a package, they deserve being sent the the unemployment line with nothing to wear but their birthday suit!!!
Musk better fact check those lists.
As the owner and CEO, he doesn’t need to fact check anything. He’s pulled high skilled techs from Tesla, to go through the algorithms and dump the crap and fire anyone who doesn’t physically show up for work.
Buzz Saw Musk is going to work.
sooner the better
Fear not young Snowflakes… Soros has room in many of his subversive organizations for just your type!