Twitter owner Elon Musk has cut company perks for employees, including wellness, productivity, home internet, training and development, outschool, daycare and quarterly team activities. It said, “Perks will be reevaluated over time and It may be added back once the company’s financial situation improves. Meanwhile, Musk has publicly expressed a desire to improve the social network’s direct messaging function.
According to the Verge report, Musk told his employees that the company would encrypt DMs and work on adding encrypted video and voice calling between accounts. want to be able to communicate without having all their DMs hitting the web, [or] worrying about a data breach on Twitter, or thinking that maybe someone might be snooping on Twitter.
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Furthermore, after the micro-blogging platform fired two-thirds of its 7,500 employees in just three weeks after taking over, Musk said the company is finished with the layoffs and is re-hiring.
In a meeting with employees, Musk also claimed that Twitter is now actively recruiting for positions in engineering and sales, reports The Verge. He also asked the employees to recommend potential candidates.