Part of the approximately 150 employees of Twitter in Brazil are without access to the company’s internal system after receiving a communication about possible layoffs. The wave of dismissals in the company is global.
According to reports, the platform cut off access to virtually every sector of the office in the country, with the exception of the sales team, which had members spared. The statement was sent to the personal emails of employees at dawn, at 4 am this Friday (4).
“As shared earlier, Twitter is reducing its workforce to help improve the health of the company. These decisions are never easy and it is with regret that we write to inform you that your role at Twitter has been identified as potentially impacted or at risk.” “, the message read.
For part of the employees, the statement indicates the dismissal, although the company asks to wait for more information. The atmosphere, according to the collaborators, is one of confusion. There were no new notices until early this Friday afternoon, but some employees have already started posting farewell messages on Twitter.
Reports from contributors from around the world are gathered under the hashtag #OneTeam. Even those who say they already have confirmation that they will stay at the company criticize the layoffs, such as Eli Schutze, from the UK office.
“I got the email… I still have a job. But I stayed up last night watching hardworking, talented and caring people being fired one by one and I don’t know what to say,” she wrote.
In Brazil, the suspicion that this could happen started two weeks ago, when a Washington Post report revealed the intention of billionaire Elon Musk to cut 75% of the company’s employees after buying it. The lengthy acquisition process was completed on October 27, one day ahead of the deadline to close the deal that began in April.
Rachel Bonn, from the US marketing team, said the day before the purchase was made official was the last day that “Twitter was Twitter.” “Eight months pregnant and with a nine month old son, I just had my fits cut off,” she wrote.
News from early November indicated that the new owner would cut 3,700 employees, which would be half the staff. According to a report by the Financial Times, he may also reverse the home office policy adopted after the pandemic and begin to require face-to-face work in the office again from this Monday (7).
In the United States, the company’s offices were temporarily closed on Friday. In an email, the company said the move helps “ensure the safety of each employee, as well as Twitter systems and customer data.”
Musk, the richest man in the world and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, acquired the social network for US$ 44 billion (R$ 221.6 billion) under the promise of turning it into the “platform of freedom of expression worldwide. “. The billionaire is a critic of Twitter’s current content moderation.
Over the course of this week, he announced other changes, such as the launch of an $8 monthly subscription for users who want to certify the authenticity of their account and receive fewer advertisements. Currently, verified people such as artists and communicators do not need to pay to have the blue seal.
In the late morning, Musk reported that Twitter had a sharp drop in revenue because of pressure from activists on advertisers, although nothing has yet changed in content moderation. In September, Volkswagen recommended that its brands pause advertising on Twitter until further notice.
“They are trying to destroy free speech in the United States,” he said.
Last Wednesday (2), the company’s director of products, Esther Crawford, shared a photo in which she slept in the office. “When your team is racing against time to meet goals, you sometimes fall asleep at work,” she wrote.
According to Reuters, officials filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitter on Thursday. They argue that the company carries out mass layoffs without providing 60 days’ notice, which violates US law. In Brazil, there are still no indications that employees will do the same.
The social network did not officially comment until early this Friday afternoon.
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