Twitter’s Singapore office hit by layoffs amid wider job cuts


Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter oduring the weekend as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. - AP

SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (The Straits Times/ANN): Twitter employees worldwide waited nervously on Friday (Nov 4) to find out their fate through an e-mail as job cuts swept across the social media company.

Those from the Singapore office were not spared. The Straits Times understands that job cuts spanned various teams, including the engineering, sales and marketing teams.

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