Twitter is asking dozens of employees fired this week to return to the company, after verifying that the cut of half the workforce unleashed by Elon Musk has left people who are really necessary for its operation or who were fired by mistake.
According to Bloomberg, some of those laid off are essential to promote the changes that Musk intends after buying the social network for 44,000 million dollars, such as charging a fee in exchange for more features, fewer ads or outstanding and priority responses. Both his knowledge and experience within the company would be indispensable, say knowledgeable sources.
The petition to bring employees back shows how rushed and chaotic the process was, with layoffs reported via email and channels like Slack, a work-organizing platform. Musk pulled figures to argue the need for exits: "Unfortunately there is no other option. Twitter loses 4 million dollars a day," he said on the social network itself.
In the case of Spain, the dismissal of 26 of the 30 workers in the national offices is expected. The CC.OO. and UGT have already denounced that these dismissals will be null as they have not been informed of the end of the contract 15 days in advance as established by law. In the US, a class action lawsuit has also been launched in California for the cutback of workers at the headquarters, who were not notified with the 60 days prior notice that governs mass layoffs. In cases like India, 90% of the workforce has been laid off, from 200 workers to barely a dozen.
On the other hand, according to the New York Times, the company would have decided to postpone the new payment plan for verified accounts until after the elections this Tuesday in the United States, after users and employees expressed their concern that the measure could be wrong. used to sow division.
With this initiative, the social network plans to charge a fee of 8 dollars per month to maintain the blue tick that accompanies the accounts, some 440,000 at present. This would be accompanied by the possibility of making longer tweets, posting longer videos or reducing the advertising that is seen.
