Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologizes for layoffs: ‘I’ve…

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologizes for layoffs: ‘I’ve…

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With the ongoing firing fiasco at Twitter, its co-founder Jack Dorsey came to take responsibility say it’s his fault.

In a recent Twitter post, Dorsey apologized to company employees a day after the company laid off nearly 50 percent of its workforce.

On Friday, Twitter laid off thousands of employees in departments across the company. The layoffs would affect about 3,700 people. Twitter employees from departments such as marketing and communications, AI, search, public policy, wellness, and other teams tweeted about their layoffs.

Also read: Elon Musk’s first tweet after Twitter layoffs: ‘No choice if company loses’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk took to the microblogging platform on Saturday to justify his move, saying there was no choice as the company was losing millions of dollars a day. He also said that adequate severance pay was offered to anyone who dropped out.

Musk has bought Twitter for $44 billion and is under pressure to cut costs.

Dozens of Twitter workers have tweeted how they’ve dealt with the anger of the layoff.

A former Senior Community Manager at Twitter tweeted about being remotely logged out of the official system and going limp.

Another former Twitter employee said she had…

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