New York – layoffs in Twitter after the takeover by Elon Musk They are already starting in the company-owned workforce in the United States, Europe and Asia, according to local media and as can be seen in several farewell tweets from some of those affected.

Musk has not yet calculated the final number of layoffs, but different media assume that it will be at least half of the 7,500-person workforce; that New York Time He even gave a figure of 3,738 people.

Portal Business Insider pointed out that as of 11 p.m. Thursday in San Francisco (where Twitter’s headquarters are located), a thousand people had received firing letters, confirming Musk’s own announcement that he would continue to implement “difficult” measures on Friday. puts Twitter on a healthy trajectory.”

Among those dismissed were managerial positions, such as global editor-in-chief, ethics and transparency director, chief information officer or chief strategist, guaranteeing the same media.

The layoffs, according to the portal, are already affecting staff at headquarters in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore, and one of the places most affected appears to be the New York office, where between 90% or all workers have lost their jobs, according to their own testimony.

Precisely today the tycoon appeared surprisingly in New York, but not to meet his staff, but to participate in a business forum organized by another billionaire, Ron Baron, and in his speech he allowed himself to joke about the acquisition of his social network. .

After admitting that he had overpaid – $44,000 million dollars – for the little bird network, he recalled that he was trying to get out of buying commitments “but it was like a scene from The Godfather,” he says with a laugh.

At the same time Musk made this declaration, who was fired by posting goodbye messages on the same network with the hashtags #OneTeam (one team) and #LoveWhereYouWorked (Love where you work), underscoring the satisfaction of working there and avoiding expressions of dissatisfaction.

But not everything is a message of love: in San Francisco, Five former employees have filed first lawsuits against Twitter for violating the law (Warning Act) requiring 60 days notice for those who are dismissedaccording to the NBC network, because some of them were only notified two days ago and others only because of a sudden cut in their internal communication lines.

London workers have also started joining unions in recent days for fear of being laid off, according to the director of union organization Prospect, quoted by Bloomberg.

Perhaps to curb lawsuits, Musk has offered dismissed severance pay equal to two monthly payments, according to various media outlets.