As Twitter firing spree continues, sacked workers didn't get promised severance

San Francisco: The content moderation team at Twitter has seen more layoffs by Elon Musk, while some of the workers let go in prior rounds of layoffs last year did not get the severance payments he had promised them.

According to a report in Fortune, some Twitter employees who were let go in November and who had been promised severance benefits after employment cuts did not receive them.

"Some former Twitter employees finally received their official severance agreements on Saturday after months of anticipation," said the report.

"However, the compensation is much less than what many expected, and the emails are landing in spam folders," the report added.

Musk sacked about three-fourths of the 7,500-strong workforce in a series of job cuts, saying those affected would receive "3 months of severance compensation."

However, "the agreements sent out provide laid-off employees in the US one month of base pay as severance," the report mentioned.

At least 5,500 laid-off Twitter employees were set to receive the official severance agreements.

However, not all impacted employees received their severance agreements, being sent out by a third-party service provider called "CPT Group".

"What's more, employees will not be receiving their prorated performance bonuses," said the report.

After logging in and viewing their severance agreement, former Twitter employees also have the option to sign or opt out of the agreement, it added.

With inputs from IANS