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Mass layoff at Twitter starts today, affected employees to be sacked via e-mail

Billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 28, 2022. [Courtesy of Al Jazeera]

There will be a mass layoff at Twitter starting Friday, November 4, the micro-blogging platform said in a statement to its employees.

The company that has 7,500 employees globally is reportedly seeking to cut about 3,700 employees, the CNBC reports.

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