Twitter employee seeks clarification from Elon Musk on employment status, finds out he’s been sacked

Twitter has been firing 1000’s of staff after Elon Musk took over the social media platform final yr. Recently, the corporate sacked round 200 staff in a recent spherical of layoffs. However, some staff are nonetheless not sure about their employment standing.

Haraldur Thorleifsson, who claims to work at Twitter since February 2021, took to the microblogging platform to learn about his worker standing, saying he may not entry his work laptop.

He added that the pinnacle of HR on the firm is unable to verify whether or not he’s an worker, to which he had to make use of the microblogging web site and tag Musk for clarification.

Tagging Elon Musk in his put up, Thorleifsson wrote “Dear Elon Musk, 9 days in the past the entry to my work laptop was minimize, together with about 200 different Twitter staff. However, your head of HR will not be capable of verify if I’m an worker or not. You’ve not answered my emails,” he tweeted. “Maybe if enough people retweet you’ll answer me here?”

Soon, Musk responded and asked about his job profile. Thorleifsson mentioned the Twitter confidentiality clause and asked if he is allowed to answer it openly. After Musk’s go-ahead, Thorleifsson disclosed his job profile and the specific work he was doing at Twitter.

He shared the list of duties he performed at Twitter during his stint. He revealed that he led the effort to save about $500k on one SaaS contract. Supported closing down many others.

Musk replied with laughing emojis, without specifying his employment status. Thorleifsson is an Icelandic entrepreneur and had founded of the company Ueno, which he sold to Twitter in 2021.

Hours later, Thorleifsson said he was formally told that he had been fired.

“All of the sudden, Twitter’s head of HR (who had beforehand twice been unable to inform me if I had a job or not) emailed and mentioned I used to be not employed. Which is completely okay and it occurs on a regular basis. Companies let folks go, that is inside their rights. They often inform folks about it however that is seemingly the elective half at Twitter now… Next up although is discovering out if Twitter pays me what they owe me per my contract. Or, will one of many richest folks on the planet, attempt to keep away from paying?,” he tweeted.

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