{"id":7663,"date":"2022-11-03T08:38:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/twitter-may-halve-its-workforce-as-key-investor-backs-job-cuts\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T07:38:34","slug":"twitter-may-halve-its-workforce-as-key-investor-backs-job-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/twitter-may-halve-its-workforce-as-key-investor-backs-job-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter may \u2018halve its workforce\u2019 as key investor backs job cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports suggest new owner Elon Musk aims to lose 3,800 roles of 7,500 staff with workers to be told as soon as Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/02\/twitter-departures-elon-musk-layoffs\">Twitter faces murky future as top managers flee the nest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/03\/he-is-poised-to-open-the-floodgates-can-twitter-survive-elon-musk-or-even-thrive\">\u2018He is poised to open the floodgates\u2019: can Twitter survive?<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A leading Twitter investor has backed job cuts at the company, amid reports that new owner Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/02\/twitter-departures-elon-musk-layoffs\">could cut around half the 7,500-strong workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive and founder of Binance, said \u201ca slimmer workforce would make more sense\u201d at the social media platform. The cryptocurrency exchange has invested $500m (\u00a3441m) in Twitter as part of Musk\u2019s $44bn takeover, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/27\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover\">completed last week<\/a> and has been followed by a stream of changes and mooted overhauls of the company ever since.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/03\/twitter-may-axe-half-its-workforce-as-key-investor-backs-job-cuts-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/183a7e5606ec6a34e4abaf1ca88b6b1ab2fcfdd1\/0_105_3500_2099\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f54ce2458004cc05ab774fc89c776892\" title=\"Twitter may \u2018halve its workforce\u2019 as key investor backs job cuts\" \/>Reports suggest new owner Elon Musk aims to lose 3,800 roles of 7,500 staff with workers to be told as soon as Friday<\/p>\n<p>Twitter faces murky future as top managers flee the nest<br \/>\n\u2018He is poised to open the floodgates\u2019: can Twitter survive?<\/p>\n<p>A leading Twitter investor has backed job cuts at the company, amid reports that new owner Elon Musk could cut around half the 7,500-strong workforce.<br \/>\nChangpeng Zhao, the chief executive and founder of Binance, said \u201ca slimmer workforce would make more sense\u201d at the social media platform. The cryptocurrency exchange has invested $500m (\u00a3441m) in Twitter as part of Musk\u2019s $44bn takeover, which completed last week and has been followed by a stream of changes and mooted overhauls of the company ever since. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports suggest new owner Elon Musk aims to lose 3,800 roles of 7,500 staff with workers to be told as soon as Friday Twitter faces murky future as top managers flee the nest \u2018He is poised to open the floodgates\u2019: can Twitter survive? 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