Twitter bid farewell to 8 percent of its workforce, a total of 336 people.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, announced the decision on his Twitter account, saying that this is a difficult move, but necessary for the social network to concentrate on improving its three products. Twitter, Vine and Periscope
“We are moving to a restructuring of the workforce to put our company in a more stable growth path, “Dorsey said in an email sent to all employees and with the subject” A Twitter more focused. “
Most of the jobs cut are in the area of product and engineering. The news of dismissal was revealed first by the site Re / Code last week, ensuring that it would be the first layoff since the return of Dorsey to Twitter dome.
Dorsey, 38, returned to Twitter in June as interim CEO following the departure of Dick Costolo. Dorsey played the role of acting for three months until Twitter formally named CEO in early October.
With layoffs, Dorsey says the company will focus on creating functions that generate a large impact, claiming that the first of these has already been made with Moments, a tab on the mobile Web app and Twitter that allows users to follow all the tweets, videos and photos of an event taking place at the time.
“Thank you all for your trust and understanding. It is not easy. But it is the right thing,” says Dorsey. “The world needs a strong Twitter and this is another way to do it.”
Twitter has a user base of 304 million a month, according to figures from the social network published in July.
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