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Twitter pursues laid-off staff in Ireland to secure return of work laptops

Elon Musk-owned social media firm has issued repeated reminders to some staff impacted by job cuts to get them to hand back official devices

Twitter has drastically pared back its global headcount over recent months since Elon Musk took over the social media company in October 2022. Picture: Getty

Twitter has had to pursue staff impacted by layoffs at its Irish operation to get them to return work laptops and other devices, after it cut hundreds of jobs following its $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk.

Documents seen by the Business Post show the company has issued some staff with repeated reminders of the need to return their work devices over the course of two months.

Dublin-based staff who have not returned their laptops ...