Twitter cuts more staff, around 200 employees fired

In the latest round of layoffs, Twitter had laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 percent of its already decimated workforce. Reportedly, this is the 8th round of job cuts.

The fresh round of layoffs included product managers, big data experts and engineers working on machine learning and platform reliability.

Esther Crawford, in charge of the social network's product development, confirmed on Twitter that she was one of the employees let go.

Head of the new Twitter Blue verification program, she had been a staunch supporter of Musk and the company, going so far as to retweet a photo of herself sleeping in a sleeping bag at her workplace.

Musk has undertaken multiple rounds of jobs cuts at Twitter since he acquired the social media company in a $44 billion deal in October last year. The latest big shave-off saw 3,700 employees receive pink slips in early November 2022.