A sign is seen outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on April 25, 2022. (JED JACOBSON / AP)
Twitter, which was acquired last week by billionaire Elon Musk, plans to let go of a quarter of its workforce as part of what is expected to be a first round of layoffs, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Celebrity lawyer Alex Spiro, a long-time Musk legal representative, led the conversations about the job cuts, according to the report.
Elon Musk denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day
Twitter had over 7,000 employees at the end of 2021, according to a regulatory filing and a quarter of the headcount amounts to nearly 2,000 employees.
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Musk denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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