X Layoffs:  The world's richest man Elon Musk may be constantly topping the list of the rich, but news of layoffs from his companies also keeps coming in. The most prominent name among these is that of the social media platform X. Recently, it has been learned that Elon Musk has reportedly laid off some more employees from his social media platform X. 

According to the report, there will be layoffs in X here

According to a report by The Verge, citing X's insiders and posts on workplace platform Blind, employees have been laid off from X's engineering department. According to the report, just two months before this layoff, employees were asked to submit a one-page summary to their leaders about their contribution to the company. The Verge report says that this means that employees had to submit a one-page summary to their leaders about their contribution to the company in order to receive their stock. Employees who do or do not do this are now facing the threat of layoffs.

How many employees were employed

There is no information about the number of employees affected by this layoff process. Elon Musk and X have not yet given any official information about this layoff. Let us tell you that Elon Musk has been campaigning for Donald Trump for the US presidential election for a long time. 

The recent developments

X owner Elon Musk recently reportedly sent an email to X staff about his stock grant which had a condition. In this email sent to the company employees, it is said that the social media platform plans to give stock options based on the impact it has on the employees. 

In January, the order to lay off 1000 employees was announced

In January this year, X reportedly laid off 1,000 of its 'safety' staff - 80 per cent of whom were software engineers who focused on trust and safety issues and worked to prevent abusive content.

Elon Musk did massive layoffs after buying X

Musk bought X in 2022 and during that time fired about 80 percent of the company's employees. More than 6000 employees were laid off in the company. The cuts affected many departments of the company such as diversification, inclusion, product development and design. Employees were also laid off in the company's content moderation team.