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After purging nearly two-thirds of Twitterâs 7,500-person workforce in three weeks, Elon Musk is hiring again.
During an all-hands meeting with employees on Monday, Musk said that Twitter is done with layoffs and actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales and that employees are encouraged to make referrals, according to two people who attended and a partial recording obtained by The Verge. His comments were made the same day an unspecified wave of cuts hit Twitterâs sales department, which has lost almost all of its senior leadership since Musk took over.
Musk didnât specify the kinds of engineers or sales roles Twitter was hiring for, and the company doesnât currently have any open roles listed on its website. The Verge reported last week that Twitter recruiters were already reaching out to engineers asking them to join âTwitter 2.0 – an Elon company.â
Anyone entering Twitter now will work in a much smaller company than it was before Musk took over. While the exact number of departures under his watch is unclear, there were nearly 7,400 people with access to Twitterâs internal systems before he laid off about half the company. That number, which excludes the thousands of outside contractors Musk also cut, has since fallen to just over 2,700 people as of press time, according to people with the matter.
The thousands of departures have included long-tenured engineers, some with more than a decade of experience at the company, as well as a growing list of corporate leaders. Twitterâs CEO, CFO, and chief legal officer were all removed on Muskâs first day. Four of Twitterâs top advertising and content partnership leaders have either resigned or been fired. Multiple âcriticalâ teams were completely gutted by the layoffs and resignations, according to employees.
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