aAfter thousands of Mass layoffs Made on Twitter on Friday, November 4, on Elon MuskThe new owner of the platform He went out to defend his decisionknowing that the company has Daily losses of 4 million dollars And that employees who are left without work They are well compensated.
“In terms of downsizing Twitter, unfortunately there is There is no choice when the company loses more than 4 million dollars a dayMask tweeted. Everyone who left Offered to terminate 3 monthsthat 50% more than what is legally required. “
In terms of reducing Twitter’s power, unfortunately there is no choice when the company loses more than $4 million a day.
Everyone who was discharged received compensation for 3 months, which is 50% more than the amount required by law.
? Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 4 November 2022
Lawyers show their support for affected workers
Musk had already threatened Half of Twitter’s workforce is laid offAs of Friday, the number reached 7,500 worldwide. After taking control a week ago, catch first fire most of the top executives, And on Friday he fulfilled his word with Mass layoffs That caused thousands of comments on that social network.
Most of them claim They just got kicked outso like political figures Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went out to defend them commented that musk is Violation of WARN Actwhich requires a 60 days notice For employees in the event of mass layoffs.
“We’ve filed this lawsuit tonight to try Ensure that employees are informed That they do not give up their rights and that they We have a way to confirm itAttorney Shannon Lees Riordan said.
I am now in contact with several Twitter workers who reached out to me about a class action lawsuit overnight.
You have the right to 60 days’ notice under federal and state warning laws.
You did not get it.
Mr. Musk, the storm is coming.# Twitter
? Lisa Bloom 4 November 2022
Musk says they got a generous severance pay
As he tweeted, the laid-off employees I offered them three months End of service gratuity, “which is 50% more than the amount legally required.”
In addition to layoffs, Musk’s other work included Remove vacation days of the remaining employee calendars, in addition to forcing employees to back to work Face-to-face in full-time offices.
Once again, to be clear, Twitter’s strong commitment to Content moderation remains unchanged at all.“chirp.
Twitter’s layoffs were so random that at least one worker was banned from the company’s systems during a late-night meeting on Twitter Blue. The communications team, which was almost completely laid off, did not respond to a request for comment. https://t.co/UNoSkOdIwa
? The New York Times (nytimes) 4 November 2022
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