4 senior Twitter managers were previously on a 'do not fire' list, but they were fired anyway, report says

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Twitter owner Elon Musk reportedly fired the senior staffers over the weekend.

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Layoffs can cause contagion that pushes workers who are left behind to quit

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Twitter is said to have let go of 200 employees over the weekend in addition to the 7,500 workers that the social media giant axed last year.

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Ex-Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals — and faced retribution when they resisted

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Amazon sets a goal each year for how many employees it wants to lose, voluntarily or otherwise, without managers being upset about their departure, Insider has reported.

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Watch out, managers: The job cuts are coming for you next

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Layoffs and executive pay reductions at companies like Meta, Intel, and FedEx suggest managers may be next to go after thousands of workers were laid off.

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A youth mental-health crisis is crushing working parents — and employers need to pay attention

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"The world feels a lot scarier than it used to, and kids are experiencing a lot of anxiety and stress," said Stew Friedman, a professor emeritus at The Wharton School.

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This story orginally published on April 13, 2022 and was updated on January 30, 2023.

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