Oops. Twitter is already trying to rehire workers Elon Musk fired days ago, sources say

Kurt Wagner

Edward Ludlow

Bloomberg

<a href="https://fortune.com/company/twitter/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Inc., after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return.<div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">



Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Musk envisions, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.



Twitter cut close to 3,700 people this week via email as a way to trim costs following Musk’s acquisition, which closed in late October. Many employees learned they lost their job after their access to company-wide systems, like email and Slack, were suddenly suspended. The requests for employees to return demonstrate how rushed and chaotic the process was.



A Twitter spokesperson did not reply to a request for comment. Twitter’s plan to hire back workers was previously reported by&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1589075543420325888?s=20&amp;t=UT-dQkiVVUU_Cg0gDJ1GtA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Platformer</a>.



“Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day,” Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1588671155766194176">tweeted on Friday</a>.



Twitter has close to 3,700 employees remaining, according to people familiar with the matter. Musk is pushing those who remain at the company to move quickly in shipping new features, and in some cases, employees have even slept at the office to meet new deadlines.



Over the weekend, Twitter rolled out a new Twitter Blue subscription plan, offering a verification check mark for any user who pays $8 a month. The company also said it will soon be launching other features, including half the ads as well as the ability to post longer videos and to get priority ranking in replies, mentions, and searches.



The New York Times on Sunday reported Twitter will delay changes to the check marks until after Tuesday’s midterm elections, after users and employees raised concerns that the plan could be misused to sow discord.&nbsp;</div>

Twitter cut close to 3,700 people this week via email as a way to trim costs following Musk’s acquisition.

Twitter trying to rehire workers Musk fired days ago, sources say

Sign up for the <a href="https://mynewsletters.fortune.com/fortune-features">Fortune Features</a> email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.

F-Wire

Tech

Twitter trying to rehire workers Musk fired days ago, sources say | Fortune

Mark Gurman

Apple CEO Cook urged by Senator Warren to disclose Trump tariff talks

/article/apple-ceo-cook-elizabeth-warren-trump-tariff-talks/

Greg McKenna

U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Elon Musk says Tesla will have ‘thousands’ of Optimus robots by year’s end, but China slapping controls on rare earths is hobbling production

/article/elon-musk-tesla-optimus-robots-china-rare-earths/

Jane Lanhee Lee

Ian King

Intel to announce plans this week to cut over 20% of staff

/article/intel-to-cut-over-20-percent-of-staff/

John Kell

Ulta Beauty says online shopping habits are changing. Here’s how the retailer invests in tech to keep up

/2025/04/23/ulta-beauty-ai-it-systems/

Jessica Mathews

RTX warns of potential $850M hit from Trump tariffs as defense companies grapple with fallout of rising costs

/article/rtx-earnings-warns-tariffs-850-million-profitl-hit-northrop-grumman-manufacturing-costs/

Chris Morris

Columbia student, who was suspended over his AI job interview cheating tool, raises $5.3 million in seed funding

/article/cluely-ai-cheating-columbia-student-seed-funding/

Shawn Tully

The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix

https://fortune.com/article/pope-francis-vatican-finances-reform/?itm_source=parsely-api

Preston Fore

Ralph Lauren’s CEO says he doesn't believe in sugar coating criticism—here's how he handles negative feedback with staff

https://fortune.com/article/ralph-lauren-ceo-patrice-louvet-addressing-workplace-feedback-strengths-weaknesses/?itm_source=parsely-api

Amanda Gerut

Elon Musk was supposed to work in government as a special employee for 130 days. He just pledged to spend ‘a day or two’ per week for the remainder of Trump’s 4-year term

https://fortune.com/article/elon-musk-special-government-employee-doge-trump-countdown/?itm_source=parsely-api

Emma Burleigh

CEO of $65 billion software giant Workday's warning: 'There's nothing more dangerous than yesterday's success'

https://fortune.com/article/workday-ceo-carl-eschenbach-career-advice-dangerous-success-failure/?itm_source=parsely-api

Matt Sedensky

The Associated Press

Elon Musk’s DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud—but the government already found it years ago: ‘I don’t think it’s news to anyone’

https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/elon-musk-doge-unemployment-fraud-claims/?itm_source=parsely-api

Jim Edwards

‘The Sell America Trade’: Who's behind the sinking of the U.S. dollar

https://fortune.com/article/why-is-us-dollar-sinking/?itm_source=parsely-api