Twitter has laid off its entire Africa team, a move that has left employees without severance pay or benefits, according to a former employee.

The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They literally ghosted us,” one former Twitter Africa employee told . “Although Twitter has eventually settled former staff in other locations, Africa staff have still been left in the lurch despite us eventually agreeing to specific negotiated terms.” The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They were non-responsive until we agreed to the three months because we were all so stressed and exhausted and tired of the uncertainty, reluctant to take on the extra burdens of a court case so we felt we had no choice but to settle,” another former employee told . The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They were non-responsive until we agreed to the three months because we were all so stressed and exhausted and tired of the uncertainty, reluctant to take on the extra burdens of a court case so we felt we had no choice but to settle,” another former employee told . The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They were non-responsive until we agreed to the three months because we were all so stressed and exhausted and tired of the uncertainty, reluctant to take on the extra burdens of a court case so we felt we had no choice but to settle,” another former employee told . The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They were non-responsive until we agreed to the three months because we were all so stressed and exhausted and tired of the uncertainty, reluctant to take on the extra burdens of a court case so we felt we had no choice but to settle,” another former employee told . The former employees say they reluctantly agreed to the severance package without benefits, even though it was less than what colleagues elsewhere received. “They were non-responsive until we agreed to the three months because we were all stressed and exhausted did not open negotiations with the African team until after reported in November that they had been offered separation terms Conference by at Vivi technology startups Paris, France-15/06/2023/04MEIGNEUX_meigneuxC033/credit:ROMUALD MEIGNUS SIPA 2307162006 (SIPPA via AP Images) Romuald Meigneux/SIPA New lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter ower severanc eto former workers who were laid off as partof a global cost-cutting measure