Twitter tells staff ‘roughly 50%’ of workforce hit by layoffs: document

San Francisco: Half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees were laid off on Friday, an internal document showed, as new owner Elon Musk began a major revamp of the troubled company.

NEW YORK: In this file photo taken on November 07, 2013, a banner with the logo of Twitter is set on the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. -- AFP.

“Roughly 50 percent of the workforce will be impacted,” said a questions and answer email seen by AFP that was sent to Twitter employees who lost their jobs following last week’s mammoth $44 billion takeover.