<p>Twitter Inc has about 2,300 active employees, Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Saturday.</p>.<p>CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter's full-time headcount has reduced to about 1,300 active, working employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title.</p>.<p>About 75 of the company's 1,300 employees are on leave including about 40 engineers, CNBC said, citing internal records.</p>.<p>"The note is incorrect. There are about 2300 active, working employees at Twitter," billionaire Musk tweeted in a response to a tweet quoting CNBC.</p>.<p>"There are still hundreds of employees working on trust & safety, along with several thousand contractors," Musk added.</p>.<p>Musk took over Twitter in October and swiftly moved through a number of product and organizational changes. The company rolled out Twitter-verified Blue check-mark as a paid service and also laid off about 50 per cent staff. </p>
<p>Twitter Inc has about 2,300 active employees, Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Saturday.</p>.<p>CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter's full-time headcount has reduced to about 1,300 active, working employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title.</p>.<p>About 75 of the company's 1,300 employees are on leave including about 40 engineers, CNBC said, citing internal records.</p>.<p>"The note is incorrect. There are about 2300 active, working employees at Twitter," billionaire Musk tweeted in a response to a tweet quoting CNBC.</p>.<p>"There are still hundreds of employees working on trust & safety, along with several thousand contractors," Musk added.</p>.<p>Musk took over Twitter in October and swiftly moved through a number of product and organizational changes. The company rolled out Twitter-verified Blue check-mark as a paid service and also laid off about 50 per cent staff. </p>