Over the weekend, more than 90 per cent of the employees at Twitter India have been asked to go, leaving just a dozen people to manage the India operations of the social media giant.
Twitter India had over 200 employees, according to a Bloomberg report.
Nearly 70 per cent of the job cuts in Twitter India were from product and engineering sections. There were also job cuts in marketing, corporate communications, and public policy.
Every team on Indian shore has faced the brunt of Twitter's global layoffs, in some cases entire teams vanished overnight, said a former Twitter staff member, reports PTI.
Twitter India has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Twitter used to have people employed in India, working for different time zones. There were teams who had to work as per the UK, Singapore, and Australia time zones.
The job cuts were perhaps on expected lines after Elon Musk took over the social media giant.
A communication received by many employees on Friday said the affected staff 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 communique said.
—With PTI inputs
