Elon Musk remains firm in his plan to cut expenses in Twitter. On this occasion, the tycoon has decided move forward with the closure of two of the three offices of the social network in Indiaas reported Bloomberg. Employees affected by the measure must continue to work from home, the report says.
The measure is not surprising, considering that Twitter staff operating in that country were one of the many affected by the wave of layoffs that occurred at the end of 2022. More than 90% of the Indian workers who worked there – some 200 or so – They were affected by the reduction of personnel that, it is estimated, affected two thirds of the 7,500 people that the company employed globally.
Twitter offices closed by Elon Musk They were located in New Delhi and Bombay, the main political and financial centers of India. Only the one located in Bangalore, in the south of the Asian country, where most of the workers are engineers, will remain open.
Although Twitter is very popular in India, has suffered from restrictive content moderation policies imposed by your government. This is added to the appearance of a large number of local “clones” and the fact that today it does not represent a very important source of income for their coffers.
Twitter reduces its presence in India, while Elon Musk deepens spending cuts
The closure of Twitter’s offices in India shouldn’t cause too much embarrassment, considering Elon Musk’s spending-cutting plan. It is true that the tycoon has gone to extremes in addressing real estate issues on the social network. Let’s not forget that he has refused to pay the rent for the London and San Francisco offices, which has already earned him a couple of lawsuits.
It was even known that the businessman chose to cancel cleaning and security services in his main US locations – New York and San Francisco. Situation that has forced workers to bring their own toilet paper to work, due to the lack of personal hygiene items.
In the case of the Big Apple, the intention of Elon Musk would be to leave one of the two buildings that Twitter occupies there. While at the Californian headquarters, it has been decided to compact the workers in a smaller number of floors.
At the end of last December, meanwhile, it became known that the millionaire’s intention was close Twitter offices in Seattle. Not a minor fact, considering that it was the second hub most important engineering project on the platform, only behind that of San Francisco. Thus, employees should continue to do their work from home.
Finally, the layoffs and resignations after the arrival of Elon Musk on Twitter led to the dissolution of his office in Brussels, Belgium. Clearly, the case was not a building decision, but one forced by the absence of personnel. However, it could bring more serious consequences to the social network on European lands.
While continuing to close offices and cut expenses, Elon Musk believes that he will continue as CEO of Twitter for at least the remainder of 2023. This was stated this week during his participation in a conference in Dubai. “I need to stabilize the organization and make sure it’s in a financially healthy place, and the product roadmap is clearly in place. I guess the end of this year should be a good time to find someone else to run the company.. I think it should be in stable condition by then,” she said.