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After Mass Layoffs, Musk Says There Are Now About 1,500 People at Twitter

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Illustration: Ascannio (Shutterstock)

One of the biggest and most unfortunate stories coming out of Twitter in recent months has been the company’s mass layoffs, which forced thousands from the company, many of whom had been there for years. According to Musk, Twitter had just under 8,000 employees when he took over in October and currently had about 1,500.

The Twitter CEO told the BBC letting go of that many people had been hard.

“No fun at all. It’s painful,” Musk said.