'No Update From Elon Musk': Laid-off Twitter India Employees Still Waiting For Severance Pay

Former Twitter employees are struggling, just like everyone else working long hours. After laying off over 170 workers in India, India Today Tech reported that only 80 people were still employed throughout all of Musk's Indian locations.

Thousands of workers were fired by Musk in November 2022, and he had guaranteed them severance pay.

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According to India Today, Elon Musk has not yet conveyed the details of the severance package to the affected workers, including those who were fired in India.

Recently, a former colleague of Twitter who was also let go at the beginning of November reported on the microblogging site that he still hasn't received the severance letter even though he was laid off.

Twitter employee Sam Stryker, who worked in the firm's social media department, shared Elon Musk's tweet about offering severance compensation to employees who were dismissed and said,

I was laid off 2 months ago with thousands of coworkers and IĄ¯ve never even seen a severance letter let alone been offered severance. https://t.co/rIvw7b9AsY

ĄĒ Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) January 4, 2023

"I was laid off two months ago with thousands of coworkers, and IĄ¯ve never even seen a severance letter, let alone been offered severance."

For the time being, former Twitter employees in India are still in the same position.

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Affected workers in India were hoping to hear more about their severance packages by the end of the year, but no news has arrived in that regard.

As per the India Today report, the Twitter HR department has not yet provided any information on severance packages.

Workers in India who are affected are still waiting for word on their severance packages, which they hope to hear about by the end of the month.

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There is a lack of legal information from the firm at this time. Musk has likewise been silent so far.

Twitter's official statement on the number of layoffs in India is ambiguous. According to India Today Tech's sources, around 170 of Twitter India's 250 workers (counting both layoffs and resignations) have left the company.

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According to their sources, the remaining 80 employees (about) are suffering under Musk's leadership, with the engineers taking the brunt of this.

It's been a struggle for most engineers based in India to keep up with Musk's expectations, and some have even started to work on weekends. According to reports, engineers from India feel the effects of Musk's "hardcore" work culture the most.

According to sources close to India Today Tech, most developers in India are under pressure to release features and rapidly undergo code reviews at unexpected times.

Reports claim that engineers have been made to work even on weekends.

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