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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Martin Fricker

Elon Musk sacks thousands of Twitter staff in worldwide cull compared to brutal P&O cuts

US billionaire Elon Musk carried out a worldwide mass cull of Twitter staff on Friday days after his £38billion takeover.

An estimated 3,700 employees across the globe, half of its workforce, were expected to lose their jobs – with most finding out via email.

Some British staff woke to find their laptops “remotely wiped” and their access to company systems blocked.

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