July 8, 2022: Twitter has finally started cutting down its workforce. As per new reports, the micro-blogging site has cut 30 per cent of its talent acquisition team, which primarily includes recruiters and people responsible for bringing new hires on board. Twitter has confirmed laying off 100 employees.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Twitter has parted ways with people from its talent acquisition team. Close to 100 people have lost their jobs in the company. The layoff took place weeks after Musk said that Twitter needs to get healthy, hinting at possible layoffs. Twitter had previously announced a hiring freeze to cut costs as the company struggles to finalise its acquisition by Musk.

Musk’s Twitter acquisition is yet to come through as the Tesla CEO had threatened to pull out of the deal multiple times over bot issues on the platform. In a separate report, WSJ confirmed that the deal was in “serious jeopardy,” and that “it was likely a change in direction from Musk’s team would come soon.”