Employees of social media platform Twitter will today hear whether or not they will keep their job at the company, including Irish workers based in Dublin.
It comes amid a brutal mass layoff process following Elon Musk’s purchase of the company.
Twitter employees will receive notification via either their work email or their personal email about their future in the company, with the latter half to be told they have been let go.
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An internal memo sent to employees said: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday.
"We recognise that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is, unfortunately, necessary to ensure the company's success moving forward."
The platform told staff that they would be contacted by 9am Pacific time, or 4pm Irish time, on Friday regarding the cuts.
Elon Musk looks to significantly cut costs in the company following his takeover, with a number of top Twitter executives already sacked. This includes chief executive, Parag Agrawal, finance chief, Ned Segal, and legal affairs and policy chief, Vijaya Gadde.
Musk, known as one of the world’s richest men, recently acquired Twitter for $44 billion. He is expected to cut up to 3,700 jobs, or half of the workforce, at the firm, according to Bloomberg.
On Thursday, he instructed his new executives to free up $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings, primarily by saving money with cloud services and servers.
Musk has already been vocal about implementing a charge of $8 for verified Twitter users to keep their blue tick.
Twitter offices are also temporarily closed, with badge access removed for employees in a bid to “ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data".
Twitter is believed to employ more than 7,000 people globally, with around 500 people employed at their Dublin office.
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