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Follow UsSan Francisco: Elon Musk, who is currently backing Donald Trump for the highly surveyed US presidential election on November 5, has reportedly laid off additional employees from his X[twitter] social media platform.
According to a report from The Verge, a new wave of layoffs has struck X, mainly impacting its engineering department, according to sources within the company and posts on the work-place forum Blind.
"The exact number of job reductions are not so clear. These layoffs follow a requirement for staff to submit a 1 page summary detailing their contributions to the company," the report stated.
Neither Musk nor X has commented on the report for now.
Recently, the tech billionaire reportedly sent an email to X employees regarding their eagerly awaited stock grants, although with conditions.
In an email reviewed by The Verge, the platform plans to offer stock options based on the forseen contributions of employees. Musk elaborated that staff must submit a 1 page summary of their contributions to the company in order to qualify for stock options.
Given the ongoing struggles under Musk's leadership, employees have been expecting further layoffs.
Musk acquired X (formerly Twitter) in 2022 and afterwards laid off over 6,000 employees—approximately 80% of the workforce.
Employees were required to express their roles and even evaluate whether their colleagues should be retained.
The layoffs affected several departments, including diversity and inclusion teams, product development, and design. Even the content moderation team at Twitter was not free.
Earlier this year, X reportedly released 1,000 employees from its 'safety' staff, which was tasked with restraining abusive content online. Among those laid off, 80% were software engineers focused on "trust and safety issues."