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Twitter is laying off 8% of its global workforce

Oct 13, 2015, 18:05 IST

Twitter Co-Founder and Chairman and Square CEO Jack Dorsey speaks onstage during 'From 7 Dwarves to 140 Characters' at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 9, 2014 in San Francisco, California.Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Twitter is laying off 336 employees, or about 8% of the company's global workforce, according to an SEC filing.

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The layoffs come just about a week after Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey was appointed permanent CEO promising big changes for the company.

Dorsey has been vocal about the need to shake things up at the company, as user growth and engagement has stalled and the company's stock has been battered.

During Twitter's second quarter conference call in June, Dorsey called the performance "unacceptable," and said he would "ensure more disciplined execution," among other things.

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Twitter will incur $10 million to $20 million of cash expenditures, which will be severance costs. Its restructuring expenses are estimated at $5 million to $15 million, according to the filing.

Here's the letter Dorsey sent to his staff regarding the layoffs:

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