Twitter didn’t instantly verify the stories when contacted by AFP.

New York:

Twitter has laid off at the very least 200 workers, or 10 % of its workforce, in line with The New York Occasions, as job cuts proceed at US tech behemoths.

The recent layoffs embrace product managers, huge knowledge consultants, and engineers engaged on machine studying and platform reliability, the US every day reported on Sunday.

Twitter didn’t instantly verify the stories when contacted by AFP.

Esther Crawford, answerable for the social community’s product growth, was one of many workers let go, in line with the Occasions.

Crawford was among the many few remaining Twitter executives from earlier than its October acquisition by Elon Musk who had not resigned or been fired.

Head of the brand new Twitter Blue verification program, she had been a staunch supporter of Musk and the corporate, going as far as to retweet a photograph of herself sleeping in a sleeping bag at her office.

“The worst take you would have from watching me go all-in on Twitter 2.0 is that my optimism or arduous work was a mistake,” she wrote on Twitter.

“Those that jeer & mock are essentially on the sidelines and never within the area. I am deeply pleased with the workforce for constructing via a lot noise & chaos.”

Different giants within the once-unassailable tech sector — together with Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta — have introduced hundreds of layoffs previously yr.

The firings come after a serious hiring spree within the tech trade when the businesses scrambled to fulfill skyrocketing demand for his or her merchandise as individuals went on-line for work, purchasing and leisure through the coronavirus pandemic.

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