Twitter Fires Majority Of Employees In India As Part Of Global Layoffs

A week after Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion

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the Twitter India team was "significantly" impacted by the global layoffs at the social networking platform

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with the majority of the approximately 250-member team being fired.

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All areas of business in India have been affected by the layoffs.

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This includes advertising, public relations, and partnership formation.

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As much as half to a majority (exact percentages unknown) of the workforce has been laid off.

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The retained staff consists primarily of salespeople.

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