Newest spherical of layoffs impacts a number of engineering groups, report says.

Elon Musk’s Twitter has laid off dozens of workers in what’s no less than the eighth spherical of job cuts since Musk took over the social community in late October, the Info reported.

The job cuts on Saturday affected a number of engineering groups, together with these supporting promoting expertise, the primary Twitter app, in addition to technical infrastructure to maintain Twitter’s techniques up and working, the report within the US technology-focused publication stated early on Sunday, citing individuals with direct information of the matter.

Twitter didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

In early November, Twitter laid off about 3,700 workers in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, who acquired the corporate for $44bn.

The Info reported that the newest job cuts goal to offset a plunge in income following Musk’s takeover and additional whittle down a employees that had shrunk by no less than 70 % to roughly 2,000.

Musk in November stated that the service was experiencing a “huge drop in income” as advertisers pulled spending amid considerations about content material moderation.