Over the weekend, Twitter continued its layoffs by cutting thousands of contract workers from its workforce. This large business move came as a shock to the company's existing full-time employees who were not informed of the layoff ahead of time because the entire internal communications team has been removed. Since Elon Musk bought the social media platform a few weeks ago, there have been significant layoffs which he has justified by the company's precarious economic situation and potential for bankruptcy.
See "Twitter continues layoffs by removing thousands of contract workers from its workforce", Lora Kolodny and Ashley Capoot, CNBC, November 14, 2022