A large number of Twitter’s contract workers were terminated on the spot, without prior notice, worsening existing turmoil at the social media platform.
Contract workers “lost access to Slack and other work systems,” according to internal communications shared with CNBC by full-time Twitter employees.
An estimated 4,400 of its 5,500 contract workers were cut, according to Platformer, which first reported on the cuts.
Some of the contract workers were based in India, whereas others spread across various locations.
“Full-time employees, who asked to remain un-named since they were not authorised to speak on behalf of the social network, said that they had no internal notice before contractors they were collaborating with were let go,” according to the CNBC report.
As of now, Twitter has dismissed all of its internal communications team.
The latest move marks the latest reduction at the social media platform, which already laid off almost half of its employees following Elon Musk’s rocky takeover of the company.
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