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Title: Big changes continue at Twitter: Company to lay off 8 percent of engineers Post by: HCK on October 14, 2015, 03:00:18 pm Big changes continue at Twitter: Company to lay off 8 percent of engineers
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Twitter will lay off up to one in 12 employees as it streamlines its product roadmap, new CEO Jack Dorsey told his workforce on Tuesday morning.</p><p> The company will in future focus "on the experiences which will have the greatest impact," he wrote in a letter to staff.</p><p> In Dorsey's tweet announcing the news (https://twitter.com/jack/status/653912031997751296), he said that he had made "some tough but necessary decisions that enable Twitter to move with greater focus and reinvest in our growth."</p><p> Although Dorsey was only confirmed in his role as CEO last week (http://www.computerworld.com/article/2989097/social-media/dorsey-gets-twitter-ceo-post-bain-appointed-coo.html), he has been filling in since Dick Costolo stepped down on July 1 (http://www.computerworld.com/article/2934973/it-leadership/twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-steps-down.html), and so has had ample time to influence the company's strategy.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2991962/software-social/twitter-cuts-engineering-team-lays-off-one-in-12-employees.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Big changes continue at Twitter: Company to lay off 8 percent of engineers (http://www.macworld.com/article/2991962/software-social/twitter-cuts-engineering-team-lays-off-one-in-12-employees.html#tk.rss_all) |