Twitter reportedly will close more offices in a number of countries. This closure is part of the extreme savings being made by its new owner Elon Musk.
According to two sources familiar with Twitter and documents seen by Insider, at least a dozen of Twitter's international offices have either been closed or are about to be closed. In addition there are several offices in the United States which will also be closed in the next few weeks.
Closing this office will also result in hundreds of Twitter employees losing their jobs, following thousands of employees who have been fired or resigned after Musk took over Twitter.
The offices that will be closed include those in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mexico and Africa. Twitter offices in Australia, South Korea, Europe and India are also closed or will close in the coming weeks.
Twitter's office in Singapore was also closed last Thursday due to late payment of building rent, so employees were evicted from the building and asked to work from home. Even though the office in Singapore is Twitter's headquarters for the Asian region.
Reportedly Musk then immediately paid the rent for the building, and employees who had previously been forced to leave the office were asked to return to work in the office.
Twitter previously had dozens of international offices in major cities around the world, including Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Manila, Mumbai, Bangalore and Jakarta. Meanwhile, most of the other international offices are smaller offices to support business operations, including engineering and advertising, as quoted from Insider, Saturday (14/1/2023).
The company with the bird logo also has about 20 offices in the US. However, Twitter is currently having internal discussions to limit the number of offices it operates such as San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, and Dublin.
Musk himself has continued to tighten his belt since buying Twitter for $44 billion last October. In addition to closing offices and making layoffs, Musk also limited employee benefits and fired office cleaners.