Washington Post tells all employees to stay home as paper expected to announce widespread payoffs

The Washington Post is instructing employees to stay home on Wednesday and attend a Zoom webinar ahead of widely expected layoffs. 

“We will be announcing significant actions across the company today. We are asking everyone to stay home this morning for a Zoom webinar at 8:30 a.m. ET to share details. We will be sending a detailed invite later this morning. Please make every effort to join,” executive editor Matt Murray and human resources chief Wayne Connell wrote. 

Washington Post staffers have been aggressively tweeting at billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, urging him to save the paper. 

The paper’s sports section is expected to be decimated in the cuts. Fox News Digital reported last week the company could see around 300 employees laid off.

This is a developing story, more to come…