Twitter Inc. has closed two of its three offices in India, JEE News reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The report added that the social media company closed its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai but continued to operate its office in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru, where most of its engineers live.
Twitter, under new owner Elon Musk, laid off more than 90 percent of its more than 200 employees in India last year, JEE News reported.
The development came as part of Musk’s strategy to reduce Twitter’s costs globally, but it left its product and engineering staff in a market with enormous growth potential.
In India, the company has just over 200 employees, with massive layoffs currently leaving just over a dozen, people familiar with the matter told JEE News on condition of anonymity. What is it.
India is known as one of the most potential driving markets in the world for growth in the tech sector with several major tech firms, including Twitter, Google, and Meta Platforms, in their quest to find new users online. Shelters rely on capacity.
However, these companies also face strict regulations in the country when it comes to content on their platforms.
Recent job cuts for Twitter in India have targeted product and engineering teams. One of the people, who did not want to be named, said the teams are working for the micro-blogging site on a global mandate.
JEE News reported that his departments, including corporate communications, marketing and public policy, were also downgraded. In San Francisco, the company has reduced its workforce to about half of its total headcount.
In India, California-based Twitter has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and tech hub Bengaluru.
Last month, the company ordered at least a dozen more job cuts in its Dublin and Singapore offices as part of wider cost-cutting measures at Twitter that saw around 3,700 layoffs in early November. .
Twitter did not immediately respond to JEE News request for comment.
