Elon Musk's X Reportedly Hit With New Wave Of Layoffs: Engineering Department Faces Major Cuts Amid Uncertain Future
Elon Musk's X Reportedly Hit With New Wave Of Layoffs: Engineering Department Faces Major Cuts Amid Uncertain Future
The layoffs followed an unusual request made to employees two months prior when staff members were asked to submit a one-page summary detailing their contributions to the company.Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is reportedly undergoing another round of layoffs.
特斯拉和spacex(临时代码)首席执行官埃隆·马斯克的社交媒体平台X，前身为推特，据报道正经历另一轮裁员。
What Happened: X is experiencing a fresh wave of layoffs with the engineering department said to be the most affected, reported The Verge on Friday, citing two insider sources and posts on the anonymous workplace forum Blind.
据The Verge周五报道，X正在经历一波新的裁员浪潮，据两名知情人士和匿名职场论坛Blind上的帖子称，工程部门是最受影响的部门。
However, the exact number of job cuts is yet to be determined.
然而，具体的裁员人数尚待确定。
The layoffs followed an unusual request made to employees two months prior when staff members were asked to submit a one-page summary detailing their contributions to the company.
这次裁员是在两个月前员工被要求提交一份详细说明自己对公司贡献的一页纸后发生的。
It remains uncertain whether these summaries influenced the recent job cuts.
目前尚不清楚这些摘要是否影响了最近的裁员。
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Why It Matters: After acquiring Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022, Musk controversially fired 85% of the staff. Currently, the value of Musk's rebranded social media platform has been a point of concern.
为何重要：2022年10月以440亿美元收购推特后，马斯克引发争议地解雇了85%的员工。目前，马斯克改头换面的社交媒体平台的价值成为一个关注点。
Fidelity, one of the companies that helped Musk acquire the platform, last month valued the social media network below $10 billion, a significant drop from the price Musk paid for it.
帮助马斯克收购该平台的公司之一Fidelity上个月将这家社交网络的价值低估到了100亿美元以下，这与马斯克的收购价格相比有显著下跌。
Earlier this year, Musk's other venture, Tesla, also saw significant layoffs. The electric vehicle manufacturer reduced its workforce by at least 14%.
今年早些时候，马斯克的其他创业公司，特斯拉，也实行了大规模裁员。这家电动汽车制造商至少减少了14%的员工。
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