Twitter layoffs are exposing a Silicon Valley culture war between anti– and pro–Elon Musk tech workers – By Chloe Berger (Fortune) / Nov 4, 2022
Twitter’s chaotic past couple of weeks kicked off with new owner Elon Musk riding in with a corny joke and a beheaded sink. It’s now ending with layoffs of nearly half of Twitter’s workforce.
“In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” Twitter management said in an email sent to employees that Bloomberg reviewed. “We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success going forward.”
The mass layoffs have exposed little facets of a cultural divide in Silicon Valley, where bro culture is still very much alive. Some tech workers who venerate Musk have applauded his arrival to Twitter, while others have expressed disgust by the way Musk is already changing the social media giant.
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