An email sent to employees confirms what employees feared: layoffs at Twitter are coming and will be massive, according to US media. 3,700half of the social network’s workforce.

After bringing down the big managers he waged a media and legal war with during the months of the soap opera buying operation, it’s unfortunately now the turn of the rest of the staff. Who pays sends a Elon Musk is not going to be snotty in an attempt to “monetize” the $44,000 million paid. And we put in quotation marks because reducing talent is usually not an advantage, although it is a standard decision of the “sharks” in the service after these major operations.

Months ago, Musk announced layoffs of up to 5,000 employees, or 75% of all employees, no less. He retracted that statement during the purchase announcement, but Twitter layoffs will still be significant. Bloomberg reported this week that Musk plans to cut about 3,700 jobs. half of the template. Citing internal documents and interviews, The Washington Post reported in October that Musk’s plans to cut staff are moving in the same direction.

The Twitter layoffs are going to be massive

“In an effort to get Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce”says an email received by the staff, unsigned but leaked to the New York Times. “We realize this will affect a number of people who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but unfortunately this action is necessary to ensure the company’s future success.”.

The employees already expressed their opinion in a letter to the company’s board of directors months ago. personnel cuts «will harm Twitter’s ability to serve the public.”. “A threat of this magnitude is reckless, undermines our users’ and customers’ trust in our platform, and is an act of worker intimidation.”they pointed out in a link to previous layoff announcements if Musk, as eventually happened, takes control of Twitter.

According to the leaked email, all Twitter employees will learn their employment status on Friday at 9:00 a.m. PST via an email with the subject line “Your Role at Twitter.” What a way to announce a layoff…

And infrastructure cuts

It was also known (via another leaked document) that Musk ordered the Twitter teams to stand up annual savings of $1 billion in infrastructure costs. Analysts warned that the cuts could put Twitter’s website and app at risk of downtime during critical events when users rush to find and share information, such as during times of crisis or major political events.

In this way, the social media platform tries to limit the additional server space it maintains to ensure that Twitter can handle peaks in traffic. “Musk is willing to take that risk to meet cost savings goals”the source said.

The future is not written, but we see black clouds on the horizon of microblogging sites. Or maybe there will be spare servers if users turn their backs on Musk’s changes. To be continued.