{"id":527460,"date":"2022-12-15T15:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:26:47","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"#Everything you need to know about big tech\u2019s \u2018digital layoff\u2019 spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f083eb1ac4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f083eb1ac4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/#%E2%80%9CEverything_you_need_to_know_about_big_techs_%E2%80%98digital_layoff_spree%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Everything you need to know about big tech\u2019s \u2018digital layoff\u2019 spree&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/#Join_TNW_in_Valencia\" >Join TNW in Valencia!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/#Digital_layoffs\" >Digital layoffs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/#Reputational_risk\" >Reputational risk<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-big-techs-digital-layoff-spree\/#Worried_about_digital_layoffs\" >Worried about digital layoffs?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEverything_you_need_to_know_about_big_techs_%E2%80%98digital_layoff_spree%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Everything you need to know about big tech\u2019s \u2018digital layoff\u2019 spree&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            Elon Musk is progressing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/20\/elon-musk-twitter-staff-layoff-takeover\">plans to slim down Twitter<\/a> since he bought the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocialshepherd.com\/blog\/twitter-statistics\">396 million-member<\/a> platform for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/27\/technology\/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html\">US$44 billion<\/a> (\u00a338 billion) on October 27. Musk\u2019s deal has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/elon-musk-takes-twitter-private-heres-what-that-means-for-the-company-and-its-chances-of-success-192799\">private<\/a>, dissolved the platform\u2019s board and enhanced his unilateral power as CEO. But mass redundancy announcements made since he took control have been scrutinized globally.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s plans to restructure Twitter began with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2022\/11\/04\/everyone-elon-musk-fired-twitter-employees-directors\/\">laying off top executives<\/a>, before notifications were emailed to around half of the Twitter global workforce that they were being made redundant or that their jobs were at risk. In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/11\/04\/twitter-layoff-memo-elon-musk\/\">memo to staff<\/a>, Musk defended the firings as \u201can effort to place Twitter on a healthy path\u201d and \u201cunfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/memo-twitter-emails-workers-shut-offices-before-elon-musk-layoffs-2022-11?r=US&amp;IR=T\">widely reported<\/a> memo also informed employees that they would find out their fate by email. It said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Given the nature of our distributed workforce and our desire to inform impacted individuals as quickly as possible, communications for this process will take place via email.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Join_TNW_in_Valencia\"><\/span>Join TNW in Valencia!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The heart of tech is coming to the heart of the Mediterranean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisYounie\/status\/1588378781714370560\">tweets<\/a> by some employees showed they <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/11\/04\/twitter-layoffs-begin-as-staff-prepare-to-be-fired-over-email-17699044\/\">found out<\/a> before the email arrived when they could not access their work accounts or other internal systems. And a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/will-twitter-layoffs-violate-us-law-2022-11-04\/\">class action lawsuit<\/a> filed in the US on November 3 claims Twitter locked employees out of their accounts, with at least one of the five plaintiffs being \u201cterminated without notice or severance pay,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Digital_layoffs\"><\/span>Digital layoffs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dismissing staff in this way seems impersonal, blunt, and lacking in compassion. Certainly in Ireland, the home of Twitter\u2019s European headquarters, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-40998803.html\">Taoiseach<\/a> (prime minister of Ireland) has called out Twitter\u2019s actions as \u201cunacceptable\u201d and pointed out that workers should be treated with dignity and respect.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach resembles strategies adopted by a growing number of companies in recent years. Klarna, a Swedish financial <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> company sent a prerecorded message to inform employees of 700 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/klarna-fintech-unicorn-pre-recorded-message-layoff-700-employees-2022-5?r=US&amp;IR=T\">layoffs<\/a> last May, while P&amp;O ferries dismissed 800 staff over <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/news\/po-ferries-sacks-800-workers-over-zoom-call-and-cancels-services-1323041\">Zoom<\/a> in March. Mortgage company Better.com made 900 employees redundant by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2021\/12\/06\/zoom-firing-better-ceo-mortgage-zw-orig.cnn-business\">Zoom<\/a> in 2021, a year after electric scooter company Bird used a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dot.la\/bird-layoffs-meeting-story-2645612465.html\">Zoom webinar<\/a> to dismiss more than 400 workers.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter operates globally and employment regulation varies between countries, and even among states in the US. Indeed, the communications sent to Twitter employees differed depending on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/read-blunt-email-telling-twitter-staff-jobs-axed-layoffs-2022-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T\">where they were based<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide workers with 60 days\u2019 notice for mass sackings. Alternatively, employers can provide workers with 60 days of redundancy pay. After Twitter employees filed their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/will-twitter-layoffs-violate-us-law-2022-11-04\/\">lawsuit<\/a> in California on November 3, Musk tweeted the following night that every dismissed employee will be offered three months of severance pay.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588671155766194176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1588671155766194176%7Ctwgr%5Eba4f312e1a24748bf6df8d38105a16fcf3a0d5e7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Ftwitter-job-cuts-what-are-digital-layoffs-and-what-do-they-mean-for-employees-and-companies-193994\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392955 aligncenter js-lazy\" alt=\"Elon Musk Tweet\" width=\"1172\" height=\"694\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1172px) 100vw, 1172px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM.png 1172w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-280x166.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-228x135.png 228w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-796x471.png 796w\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Elon Musk Tweet\" width=\"1172\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM.png 1172w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-280x166.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-228x135.png 228w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-1.17.25-PM-796x471.png 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter is also expected to provide advance warnings of mass redundancies to California\u2019s Employment Development Department. A representative for the agency told the New York Times that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/03\/technology\/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk.html\">no warning had been given<\/a> by the evening of November 3.<\/p>\n<p>Under UK and EU law, companies must consult with staff over mass redundancies. This may explain why Twitter employees in the UK and Ireland are reported to have received a slightly differently worded email informing them that their job is \u201cpotentially\u201d impacted or \u201cat risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-63527336\">email<\/a> sent to UK employees on Friday November 4 said they had until 9am the following Tuesday to nominate someone to represent them in a formal consultation. Twitter has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/big-tech\/2022\/11\/07\/twitter-to-enter-consultations-with-irish-staff-affected-by-lay-offs\/\">notified <\/a> employees in Ireland that they should also nominate employee representatives to engage in a formal consultation process.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter did not respond to requests for comment on this process or about its communications with employees concerning these redundancies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reputational_risk\"><\/span>Reputational risk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With this level of uncertainty, it\u2019s not surprising that some Twitter employees have been joining unions ahead of the redundancies. In the UK, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org.uk\/news\/twitter-must-not-become-a-digital-po\">Prospect<\/a> is representing at least some Twitter employees and says it will support members to defend their livelihoods. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/news\/twitter-treatment-of-irish-workers-has-been-appalling-ictu-1399072\">Irish Congress of Trade Unions<\/a> has argued the case highlights the need for workers across industries to have better opportunities and rights to join unions as a form of collective voice.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the United Nations, which <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/\">advocates<\/a> for \u201cdecent work and economic growth,\u201d has even felt compelled to comment following Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter. The UN\u2019s high commissioner for human rights, Volker T\u00fcrk, issued an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/press\/2022-11-05\/22-11-05_Letter_HC_to_Mr_Elon_Musk.pdf\">open letter<\/a> urging Musk to ensure that human rights are integral to the management of Twitter under his leadership, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reports that Twitter\u2019s entire human rights team and all but two of its ethical AI team have been fired this week are not from my perspective an encouraging start.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Civil society groups and alliances were already concerned about the direction Twitter may take following its takeover. Musk has called out \u201cactivist groups\u201d for supposedly pressurising <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/elon-musk-to-start-twitter-layoffs-within-hours-and-offices-are-closed-12737849\">advertisers<\/a> to stop working with Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Mills and Volkswagen are some of the companies that have recently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/twitter-elon-musk-general-mills-audi-pause-ads\/\">paused<\/a> their advertising on the platform. Others may follow after the redundancy announcements.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users have also already been moving to alternative social media platforms, and this kind of migration could continue following news of the mass job cuts. One such alternative, Irish microblogging site Mastodon, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/business\/technology\/2022\/11\/07\/what-is-mastodon-twitter-users-are-switching-social-network\/\">claims<\/a> more than 230,000 people have moved to it since Twitter\u2019s takeover deal.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worried_about_digital_layoffs\"><\/span>Worried about digital layoffs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Twitter chaos certainly seems to be far from over, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/some-tweeps-already-being-asked-to-come-back-to-twitter-2022-11?r=US&amp;IR=T\">reports<\/a> indicating that the company is now asking some dismissed employees to return to work.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Infographic: Mass Tech Layoff Wave Rises Again | Statista\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/27964\/number-of-tech-start-ups-companies-incorporated-in-the-us-laying-off-staff-per-month\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter js-lazy\" alt=\"Infographic: Mass Tech Layoff Wave Rises Again | Statista\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/27964.jpeg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/27964.jpeg\" alt=\"Infographic: Mass Tech Layoff Wave Rises Again | Statista\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Redundancies have risen sharply right across the tech sector in recent months, with firms including Facebook owner <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/meta-expected-to-lay-off-thousands-as-tech-job-cuts-mount-12740806\">Meta<\/a> and payments company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/11\/06\/the-fintech-layoffs-just-keep-on-coming\/\">Stripe<\/a> recently announcing job cuts, although not all have implemented digital layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>If you face redundancy \u2014 whether digitally or face to face \u2014 it\u2019s important to know your rights. Unions can provide information about this and can also support and represent employees before and after redundancies are announced. In the UK, you can also contact the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acas.org.uk\/\">Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service <\/a> for information about your rights, while other countries will have equivalent services such as the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workplacerelations.ie\/en\/contact_us\/contact-details\/\">Workplace Relations Commission<\/a> in Ireland.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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