Grim actuality ‘sinks in’ for sacked Twitter India workers

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Humiliation and uncertainty are the phrases to explain the scenario, says one of many many Twitter India workers who was handed a pink slip on Friday.

That the shedding was maybe on anticipated traces or that the microblogging platform itself erupted in help from ‘Tweeple’ or emphatic outsiders didn’t make issues much less painful, says one other ex-employee.

For scores of Twitter India workers, the grim actuality of large-scale firings — that additionally coincides with the dreaded layoff winter — is nearly ‘sinking in’, days after the favored platform was taken over by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

Last month, Musk famously walked into the Twitter headquarters holding a ceramic sink and posted a video on social media with the caption ‘Entering Twitter HQ–let that sink in!’.

A communication obtained by many workers on Friday stated the affected workers will “remain employed by Twitter and will receive compensation and benefits through your separation date of January 4, 2023”.

“Within a week, you will receive details of your severance offer, financial resources extending beyond your non-working notice period. At that time you will also receive a separation agreement and release of claims and other offboarding information, such as how to return your Twitter materials (computer, badge, etc.),” the communication stated.

While there are not any official numbers but, Twitter is estimated to have fired greater than 160 folks out of a crew of round 250 folks in India, as per slack information noticed by a few workers.

However, some claimed that they haven’t obtained any communication from Twitter about their employment standing simply but.

“Some employees have received no communication as was mentioned in the last email…that people who have been retained will be informed about their role,” a Twitter worker stated.
Despite the parting being “harsh” and “humiliating”, most of these fired vouch for the in any other case glorious work setting at Twitter.

Being a part of outdated Twitter’s value-rich tradition is one thing they stated can be missed dearly. Besides their dream jobs and roles, in fact.

“Twitter gave the choice to employees to work from anywhere. Employees have been free to communicate and contribute whatever they feel should be done for the company and no one felt offended by this. It is difficult to get the work culture that exists at Twitter. We don’t know what the future holds,” one other worker stated.

Twitter has folks employed in India, working in several time zones. There had been groups who needed to work as per the UK, Singapore and Australia time zones. An worker who has been laid off now stated that he had just lately joined the corporate and the sudden termination was a profession setback and “very humiliating”.

“I was enjoying my work. Employees themselves wanted to contribute with a lot of passion in the growth of Twitter but the way Twitter has laid off people has been very humiliating. There is a general fear among employees that there will be repercussions if they speak their mind and face issues in finding a new job,” the ex-employee stated.

Another individual aware about the occasions unfolding at Twitter stated that WhatsApp teams are energetic, and ex-employees are reaching out to at least one one other to assist out with potential leads and exterior job postings. The 2-3 months buffer would give a few of them time to look out, though the worldwide financial slowdown and the spate of layoffs seen within the tech sector as such, do make seek for jobs extra sophisticated.

Every crew on Indian shore has confronted the brunt of Twitter’s world layoffs, in some circumstances total groups vanished in a single day, stated one other ex-staffer. However, he added that the engineering groups had been comparatively spared.

There is a “baseline level of confidence” amongst a number of former employees that they may wind up good stints, given their expertise and expertise, stated an individual who was related to Twitter.

The greater concern, he stated, is the place the platform was headed.

NEW DELHI: Humiliation and uncertainty are the phrases to explain the scenario, says one of many many Twitter India workers who was handed a pink slip on Friday.

That the shedding was maybe on anticipated traces or that the microblogging platform itself erupted in help from ‘Tweeple’ or emphatic outsiders didn’t make issues much less painful, says one other ex-employee.

For scores of Twitter India workers, the grim actuality of large-scale firings — that additionally coincides with the dreaded layoff winter — is nearly ‘sinking in’, days after the favored platform was taken over by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

Last month, Musk famously walked into the Twitter headquarters holding a ceramic sink and posted a video on social media with the caption ‘Entering Twitter HQ–let that sink in!’.

A communication obtained by many workers on Friday stated the affected workers will “remain employed by Twitter and will receive compensation and benefits through your separation date of January 4, 2023”.

“Within a week, you will receive details of your severance offer, financial resources extending beyond your non-working notice period. At that time you will also receive a separation agreement and release of claims and other offboarding information, such as how to return your Twitter materials (computer, badge, etc.),” the communication stated.

While there are not any official numbers but, Twitter is estimated to have fired greater than 160 folks out of a crew of round 250 folks in India, as per slack information noticed by a few workers.

However, some claimed that they haven’t obtained any communication from Twitter about their employment standing simply but.

“Some employees have received no communication as was mentioned in the last email…that people who have been retained will be informed about their role,” a Twitter worker stated.
Despite the parting being “harsh” and “humiliating”, most of these fired vouch for the in any other case glorious work setting at Twitter.

Being a part of outdated Twitter’s value-rich tradition is one thing they stated can be missed dearly. Besides their dream jobs and roles, in fact.

“Twitter gave the choice to employees to work from anywhere. Employees have been free to communicate and contribute whatever they feel should be done for the company and no one felt offended by this. It is difficult to get the work culture that exists at Twitter. We don’t know what the future holds,” one other worker stated.

Twitter has folks employed in India, working in several time zones. There had been groups who needed to work as per the UK, Singapore and Australia time zones. An worker who has been laid off now stated that he had just lately joined the corporate and the sudden termination was a profession setback and “very humiliating”.

“I was enjoying my work. Employees themselves wanted to contribute with a lot of passion in the growth of Twitter but the way Twitter has laid off people has been very humiliating. There is a general fear among employees that there will be repercussions if they speak their mind and face issues in finding a new job,” the ex-employee stated.

Another individual aware about the occasions unfolding at Twitter stated that WhatsApp teams are energetic, and ex-employees are reaching out to at least one one other to assist out with potential leads and exterior job postings. The 2-3 months buffer would give a few of them time to look out, though the worldwide financial slowdown and the spate of layoffs seen within the tech sector as such, do make seek for jobs extra sophisticated.

Every crew on Indian shore has confronted the brunt of Twitter’s world layoffs, in some circumstances total groups vanished in a single day, stated one other ex-staffer. However, he added that the engineering groups had been comparatively spared.

There is a “baseline level of confidence” amongst a number of former employees that they may wind up good stints, given their expertise and expertise, stated an individual who was related to Twitter.

The greater concern, he stated, is the place the platform was headed.