Several Employees Back In Twitter’s Office

The Social-Media Company Laid off close to 3,700 people!

On Friday, the social-media (Twitter) company laid off close to 3,700 people, only to reach out soon thereafter to several employees who it decided were either fired in error or too essential to the changes the billionaire businessman wants to make.

Another of Musk's key early goals were adding verification check marks for members of its monthly subscription service and is being delayed until Wednesday to avoid potential chaos during the US midterm elections.

The whiplash events, described by people familiar with the situation or in an internal company memo posted on slack, follow Musk's own acknowledgment in a tweet that the company he and well-heeled partners bought for $44 billion is losing $4 million in just one day.

Twitter lopped its workforce as a way to trim costs following Musk's acquisition, which closed in late October. Many employees learned they lost their job after their access to companywide systems, like email and Slack, were suddenly suspended. The requests for employees to return demonstrate how rushed and chaotic the process was.

A Twitter spokesperson didn't reply to a request for comment.

Twitter plans to hire back workers was previously reported by Platformer.

"On Friday, Regarding Twitter's reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day," Musk said in a tweet.

Twitter has close to 3,700 employees remaining, according to people familiar with this matter.

Musk is pushing those who remain at the company to move quickly in shipping new features, and in some cases, employees have even slept at the office only to meet new deadlines.