- Twitter staff fired from its Africa office in Accra have finally been paid after a year of complaints
- They had threatened to take Twitter, now X, to court for not paying the severance money they were owed
- Elon Musk, who took over the company in 2022, initiated a massive global consolidation of workers
X, formerly known as Twitter, has paid off the staff it laid off at its Africa headquarters in Accra.
The reward came more than a year after they were fired.
Most of them he had worked for Twitter for only a few months when they were fired in November 2022.
They had threatened to take X to court for not paying the severance money were due.
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Elon Musk, who took over the company in 2022, has launched a massive global layoff, laying off more than 6,000 people.
The African staff, numbering less than 20, had just moved into X’s new office in Accra.
They had been working from home for about eight months before due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since buying Twitter, Musk has made sweeping changes that have fueled fears about the platform’s future.
These included firing half of the staff, restoring the account of former President Donald Trump and suspending the accounts of several journalists.
Musk oversaw several rounds of layoffs at Twitter when he took over.
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Twitter boss Elon Musk has previously said a new CEO could run the online platform until the end of 2023.
Musk paid $44 billion for his beloved social media platform, and leaving his day-to-day operations would allow him to deflect criticism that he is neglecting his other companies.
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These included car company Tesla, whose share price has fallen massively since it took over Twitter.
Musk’s buyout also saw a surge in racist or hateful tweets, drawing scrutiny from regulators and driving away major advertisers, Twitter’s main source of revenue.
Source: YEN.com.gh