Twitter employees are tweeting the best reactions to their layoffs
Following the take over of newly appointed CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter went through some major restructuring that led to the layoff of 336 employees, which constitute roughly 8% of the company's workforce. Mr. Dorsey sent out an email about the plan and tweeted that the move was not easy, yet necessary. The former employees received generous severance packages that will cost the company $10 million to $20 million, but this did not keep them from taking their frustration to everyone's Twitter timelines with the hashtag #TwitterLayoffs.
Some revealed how they had to find out the hard way and how disappointing it was, while other reactions were simply hilarious:
I've been impacted by $TWTR's layoffs. This is how I found out this morning. pic.twitter.com/MbjFwYLcU2
— Bart Teeuwisse ❄ ☮️ (@bartt) October 13, 2015
Today is the day that many of tweeps are looking for a dislike button on twitter. #Twitterlayoffs
— Chris Chen (@cchen) October 13, 2015
With #twitter losing 8 per cent of the workforce, are we going to be down to 128 characters ? #Twitterlayoffs
— Someone (@individual35837) October 13, 2015
Will miss all affected tweeps! Heavy on fast carbs this afternoon to improve my mood. #Twitterlayoffs#bummerpic.twitter.com/ju7ZKgCZsk
— Fedor Korotkov (@fedor) October 13, 2015
But let's face it, the chances of someone to stay unemployed for long after working at Twitter are very minimal, as someone pointed out:
Twitter engineer shares her horrifying layoff tale: "The 37 minutes before I found a new job were the darkest moments of my life."
— Chris O'Brien (@obrien) October 13, 2015
And of course, other employers rushed to make sure they could direct Twitter's talent spill into their own companies:
Companies & recruiters are out here trying to scoop #Twitter devs up like: #Twitterlayoffspic.twitter.com/qmB1O19JJE
— Lex (@TheLexTimes) October 13, 2015
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