The closure of the two offices in key locations in India comes after Twitter downsized from over 7,000 people to 2,300 active employees across the globe. The mass-layoffs began with the firing of CEO Parag Agrawal as well as the CFO and many other high-ranking leaders last year. In the retrenchments that followed, Twitter fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as well, with only a handful being spared as layoffs culled roles across engineering, sales and marketing, and communications teams.
Twitter's move to close its offices and ask staff to work from home in India is part of its broader cost-cutting efforts to place the company on a healthy path. The US-based social media platform has been struggling to turn a profit and has faced stiff competition from rival platforms. The closure of its offices in Delhi and Mumbai may be a significant blow to the company's operations in India, which has one of the world's largest internet user bases and is a key market for social media platforms.
Twitter has not commented on the closure of its offices in India. However, the move is likely to raise concerns among its remaining staff and users in the country. It remains to be seen how the company will navigate the challenges posed by its cost-cutting drive and the closure of its offices in India, especially in the face of stiff competition from rival social media platforms.