Elon Musk is tired of firing Twitter staff and is now hiring new employees

By: Maksim Panasovskyi | 22.11.2022, 20:48

American billionaire Elon Musk, has been the CEO of Twitter, the company that owns the social network of the same name, for almost a month. During this time, Twitter's workforce was cut almost threefold, from 7,500 to 2,700 employees. But now the company will be hiring new employees.

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On November 21, Elon Musk said during a meeting that the staff cuts have stopped. Now Twitter will be looking for new employees. The company will open positions in advertising sales and for software developers.

Twitter recommends current employees to search for candidates through their friends. The list of vacancies on the company's official website is empty for now. The main priority, Musk said, is specialists who are "exceptionally good at writing software."

The conference with employees was held in a video format. Elon Musk was at Twitter's headquarters, which is located in San Francisco, at the time. The company's new CEO noted that he has no plans to move the office to Texas. Although the billionaire does not exclude that in the future there will be Twitter representation in Texas.

Another news is that Twitter Blue will return later than expected. According to the new information, the users of the social network won't be able to use all the benefits of the subscription since November 29, as it was supposed before. Twitter Blue's return will have to wait, but it is unknown how long it will take.

Source: The Verge

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