Casey Newton, the founder of Platformer, shared updates on Twitter’S takeover by Elon Musk. according to Blind chats and multiple other sources, the Twitter staff laid off on Friday were asked to return to work.
Multiple sources and Twitter Blind chats now saying that the company has begun to reach out to some people it laid off yesterday asking them to come back. Whoops! 🥴
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) November 6, 2022
He shared a Twitter slack message about an opportunity to recall people who were let off. Names are to be compiled on Sunday, two days after the mass sacking, and if critical people would like to help the company, they should be nominated.
Reports also flew around on Sunday, that some who were let go, received messages to return, citing their dismissal as an accident. It would seem that 3,700 people, who account for around 50% of the staff on Twitter were asked to leave. Elon Musk came out on the 5th of November to defend his decision, claiming that money was being lost in the millions daily, and he had no choice.
The layoff included Human Rights and Ethical AI departments, the product and engineering departments, as well as communications, content curation, and machine learning policies.
Some speculations point to a crafty attempt to get out of paying the 3-month severance package, because they were asked to come back and they choose not to, which technically constitutes resignation. Others believe that critical members of the engineering team and product team were fired, and without their presence, Twitter would crash.
Whatever the case, this gives them leverage for re-negotiation.
Yet many wonder how the turmoil in twitter’s workspace, would affect the crypto space. On the 10th of November 2021, Tess Rinearson tweeted about the Twitter crypto team. Built to decypher out how Twitter can further develop the crypto space, and capitalize on the benefits of decentralization.
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined Twitter, to lead a new team focused on crypto, blockchains, and other decentralized technologies—including and going beyond cryptocurrencies.✨ pic.twitter.com/HaP0k5hUOq
— Tess Rinearson (@_tessr) November 10, 2021
The first aim was to focus on already existing projects, and how Twitter can help push the limits of community, identity, and ownership.
They are also working closely with Bluesky, a decentralized project founded by Jack Dorsey. This pivotal Twitter crypto team then hired people in both Engineering and product departments, hopefully, they survived the mass sack.
