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posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 26 2016, @02:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-yet-tweeted dept.

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Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

The company may cut about 8 percent of the workforce, or about 300 people, the same percentage it did last year when co-founder Jack Dorsey took over as chief executive officer, the people said. Planning for the cuts is still fluid and the number could change, they added. The people asked not to be identified talking about private company plans.

Yup, they're really pining for the fjords now.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-25/twitter-said-to-plan-hundreds-more-job-cuts-as-soon-as-this-week


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:58PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:58PM (#419119) Journal

    Twitter, at least technically, is like an undergrad group project for a couple weeks, or a real professional working alone for a weekend, type of thing, at least technically.

    Yeah, that's about right. I built something Twitter-like for the Palm Pilot VII back in the day, and even used hashtags. It didn't take more than a couple days and a little bit of perl. Few people had those devices, though, and nobody knew what social media was so i didn't take it any further.

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