Twitter reassigns Singapore-based workers as distant staff | Digital

Twitter’s workers in Singapore have been reassigned as distant staff by the corporate in response to Bloomberg. Staff had been requested to vacate Twitter’s predominant APAC workplace by finish of day Wednesday, a supply had advised the publication, including that Twitter’s inside techniques had been itemizing Singapore-based workers as distant staff till futher discover.

Preliminary experiences of the transfer recommended workers had been requested to depart the CapitaGreen workplace in downtown Singapore due to unpaid hire.

I am advised Twitter workers had been simply walked out of its Singapore workplace — its Asia-Pacific headquarters — over nonpayment of hire. Landlords walked workers out of the constructing

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) January 11, 2023

Nevertheless, its landlord, CapitaLand confirmed to Marketing campaign Asia-Pacific that Twitter remained a tenant, a minimum of for now.

“Twitter has been a tenant of CapitaGreen since 2015, and it stays a tenant of CapitaGreen,” a CapitaLand spokesperson mentioned. 

Uncertainty over Twitter’s tenancy and additional layoffs stem from new proprietor Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting actions which have included nonpayment of hire at its world headquarters. 

Bloomberg additionally reported there have been layoffs within the Singapore and Dublin workplace within the belief and security workforce final week. Nur Azhar Bin Ayob, a brand new rent as head of website integrity for APAC was amongst these affected. 

Greater than half of its 7,500 world workforce have additionally been laid off for the reason that takeover.