Casey Newton (tech guy) reports this evening that: “a large number of number of #Twitter contractors were just laid off this afternoon with no notice, both in the US and abroad. Functions affected appear to include content moderation, real estate, and marketing, among others. Contractors aren’t being notified at all, they’re just losing access to Slack and email. Managers figured it out when their workers just disappeared from the system.” Yikes. 😳
@austinkocher I'm beginning to wonder whether there's something clinical going on with him. He's doing this knowing the amount of scrutiny he's already under. If he were in his right mind he'd surely realize the damage this will do to motivation and staff retention at his other businesses.
@phrees @austinkocher I mean he’s a malignant narcissist, so….