Deliberately Posting on Twitter About Teams, Hiring, and Costs: Company Spokesperson

Social media company Twitter reportedly laid off 30% of its hiring team last month.

And the company has now announced that it will delay hiring worldwide.

A Twitter spokesperson told Arab News: This includes a moratorium on most hiring and backfilling, except for business-critical roles. ”

The move is part of a global cost-cutting push that includes shrinking office space in Dublin, The Irish Times reported.

Twitter is also considering closing its offices in Germany, Spain, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and New Zealand once their leases expire, while reducing floor space in its offices in New York, San Francisco, New Delhi and Mumbai. reportedly considering it.

In an internal memo first obtained by Bloomberg, Twitter Chief People Officer Darana Brand said:

The company notes that the closures will not result in job losses.

“The closure of certain offices will not affect the work of Twitter employees,” Brand added in the memo, only transitioning to full-time work from home.

“We have no plans for company-wide layoffs yet,” a spokesperson told Arab News, declining to comment on the impact of the cost-cutting measures on the region.