In Jack Dorsey's first major action as CEO, Twitter has laid off 8% of its employees.
Twitter said it is cutting 336 staff members, mostly from the product and engineering teams, in order to focus on the company's top product priorities and become more efficient.
In an email to employees with the subject line "a more focused Twitter," Dorsey said the layoffs will be difficult, but they will "put our company on a stronger path to grow."
"This isn't easy. But it is right," Dorsey said. "The world needs a strong Twitter, and this is another step to get there."
Though Twitter's (TWTR, Tech30) engineering group will receive the brunt of the cuts, Dorsey argued that cutting positions will make the team "nimbler" -- while still remaining Twitter's largest group of employees.
Dorsey did not say exactly what the leaner company's new priorities will be, but he mentioned that the firm's executive team is working on a "streamlined roadmap" for Twitter, Vine and Periscope that will focus on "the experiences which will have the greatest impact."
As an example of those high-impact experiences, Dorsey pointed to Twitter's new newsfeed-like "Moments" feature. He called Moments "a great beginning, and a bold peek into the future of how people will see what's going on in the world."
Dorsey, who was named CEO a week ago, acknowledged that the cuts would hurt morale and will be difficult to swallow. But he said the outgoing employees will be compensated well.
"We are doing this with the utmost respect for each and every person," the new CEO wrote. "Twitter will go to great lengths to take care of each individual by providing generous exit packages and help finding a new job."
Jack Dorsey擔負twitter首席運營官的的一項龐大舉動便是裁人8%。
Twitter表斧正在淘汰336名員工，大部門來自產物和工程組，以便公司專註於優先頂級產物，運轉加倍高效。
在一封為名“更專註的Twitter”的郵件裏，Dorsey說，裁人很艱苦，然則他們會把咱們的公司引向一條更加速速發展之路。
“這很難，然則是準確的”，Dorsey說，“天下須要壯大的Twitter，這是到達目的的一步”。
只管Twitter工程組將會接收裁人的打擊，Dorsey表現，淘汰掉的職位將會使得Twitter加倍“迅速”，然則這仍將是Twitter最大的組。
Dorsey並無明白表現精簡後的公司的明白目的是甚麽，然則他提到，公司的行政組正在研討twitter，Vine和Periscope的“流線型線路圖”，這將會使得他們專註於具備龐大影響的感受。
作為這些高影響感受的代表之一，Dorsey提到了Twitter的全新消息時候。他把這臨時刻稱為一個巨大的開始，這是人們怎樣對待將來天下的一種勇敢窺視。
Dorsey一周前被錄用為首席運營官，他曉得裁人會影響士氣，並且很難被接收。然則他說那些爽朗的員工會得到很好的安慰金。
“咱們以對每小我最大的尊敬來處置這件工作”，新的首席運營官寫道。“Twitter將經由過程供給大方的撫恤金和贊助員工找到新事情等手腕來久遠地關心每一個個別”。
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