- Twitter sued the attorney who filed an emergency motion to stop employees losing their rights.
- Musk fired approximately half of the company’s employees, or around 3,700 people.
- Musk sent His first emailEmployees will be notified on Wednesday and given one day to return to work
From Parag Agrawal was fired as CEOOn his first day at the gray checkmark fiascoTwitter has been chaotic since Elon Musk’s October 27th takeover.
Twitter’s staff bears much of the blame for the chaos: Musk has already laid off The company employs half of its staff — about 3,700 people.
Court documents reveal that Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney, filed an emergency motion Wednesday to stop Twitter from seeking severance agreements for laid-off employees. This motion comes one week after Lissa-Riordan filed it on November 3. Filed a class action lawsuitSan Francisco federal court ruled against Twitter. It claimed that Twitter did not give proper notice to employees about layoffs.
Lissa-Riordan told Insider that this emergency motion was filed to protect the rights of employees Twitter to recover what they owe the company. “We will fight for what they owe, even individually, in arbitration if necessary.”
Lissa-Riordan stated that Musk had “worked every day to find innovative ways to screw over employees at the company,” and added that Musk was “very creative”.
Late Tuesday evening, Liss-Riordan added an amended complaint to the case. It alleges that Musk violated the promises that Twitter made employees regarding their severance package, remote working arrangements, and other matters.
Wednesday, February 3, 2009 at 2:39 AM Musk sent his first email address to employees on Wednesday at 2:39 AM ET. Musk wrote his first email to employees. Remote work is no longer allowed — giving workers just one day to get back to the office.
“The road ahead is difficult and will require intensive work to succeed,” the email reads. “Everyone is required to be present at the office for at least 40 hours per semaine starting tomorrow (Thursday).
Musk has fired thousands of Twitter workers in the last week, including a pregnant employee who claimed she had been laid off. Laptop access was blocked before she received an official announcement that she was going to be terminated. A week later, many people claimed they were being laid off. You were asked to returnManagers realized that they were required for the new features Musk intends to roll out.
Liss-Riordan stated that Musk’s history and well-documented refusal to follow the law led to us to believe that he is trying to force employees into signing a deal that will shortchange them.
She added that Twitter employees would show the wealthiest man in the world, even the law, through this litigation.
Insider reached Musk but did not receive a response immediately.
