Musk fires more Twitter workers after purge

Elon Musk laid off more Twitter workers from the sales side of the social network's business beginning late Sunday, further trimming a staff that had already been decimated by cuts and resignations.

Last week, Musk had asked workers to commit to his more “hardcore” version of the company or leave. Sales employees signed on to his vision in greater numbers than workers on the technical side, which saw mass resignations. Musk is using the cuts to balance out the remaining staff, said Bloomberg sources, who asked not to be identified discussing internal decisions.

Some of those who were fired started to receive notice Sunday, though it's unclear how many will be impacted in the current round.

Twitter's sales organization held an all-hands meeting Sunday with Musk and the new head of sales, Chris Riedy.

Many employees showed up expecting some announcement about cuts, after Bloomberg reported Saturday that more were coming. Instead, Musk used the time to talk about ongoing updates, including his decision to reinstate the account of former U.S. President Donald Trump.

He also explained that the company needed to make ads more targeted to particular users. There was no mention of layoffs during the meeting.

Employees who were cut received notice via emails entitled: “Your Role at Twitter.”

An internal counter of employees currently reads 2,750, one person said, though some resignations and cuts may still be in the process of being counted.

Twitter had more than 7,000 employees before Musk took over in late October.