Twitter sued over Elon Musk’s layoff
plan as thousands of workers locked out
of building, email
New York Post,
by
Yaron Steinbuch
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
11/4/2022 9:58:09 AM
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Twitter over Elon Musk’s plan to sack thousands of staffers — as employees were abruptly locked out of their company Slack and email accounts, and barred from going into the office ahead of the mass layoffs Friday.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court after the company notified employees it would eliminate some 3,700 jobs, half its workforce, Bloomberg News reported.
It alleges that employees weren’t given enough notice of the mass layoffs in violation of federal and California law.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
formerNYer 11/4/2022 10:02:21 AM (No. 1324112)
Lawsuit? Now you can't fire people? I hope the court tells them to pound sand.
31 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/4/2022 10:07:56 AM (No. 1324121)
Severance pay trumps notice.
20 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 11/4/2022 10:10:39 AM (No. 1324130)
I am going to hope that Elon has the right people around him to have done this legally and without significant liability.
26 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/4/2022 10:12:27 AM (No. 1324136)
By the way, WHY are they being terminated? 'For cause' or 'position eliminated'?
11 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hermoine 11/4/2022 10:15:32 AM (No. 1324141)
Just goes to show how these people think...instead of going, "huh, looks like this guy is about to clean house and I should get a new job," they think. "How dare this guy fire me from the company he just bought, how dare he decide who can work for him, I'll sue!"
35 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ruhn 11/4/2022 10:17:17 AM (No. 1324149)
FTA: “A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Twitter over Elon Musk’s plan to sack thousands of staffers.”
1) No. Stop with the passive voice in the lead. It should read: “Ambulance-chaser lawyer, Shannon Liss-Riordan, who previously (and unsuccessfully) sued Tesla, now filed a similar lawsuit over the layoffs.” Fixed it.
2) Twitter is nominally a private company. Musk as CEO and primary stakeholder in the company, can hire or fire who he wants, including that one babe who bragged about the fois gras in the cafeteria, the wine on tap, yoga and ‘meditation’ rooms when she she felt like showing up for work.
33 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
sterling431 11/4/2022 10:18:00 AM (No. 1324150)
That's not fair. How dare Elon treat them the way they teated conservatives
30 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Highlander 11/4/2022 10:19:30 AM (No. 1324154)
If they weren’t so entitled in their thinking, they had a long, long time to read the writing on the wall and make plans for other employment. I have been laid off three times. Never once considered disputing them. Just went and found another job. That’s all.
31 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
john56 11/4/2022 10:23:28 AM (No. 1324160)
If you don't think those fired Twits aren't going to get at least a couple months severance with benefits, you're smoking stuff that don't come in packs of 20.
Most of us would find ourselves grateful to get "fired" as graciously as these twits.
But I expect there will be vandalism and sabotage by the fired twits. And since Elon Musk is a whole lot smarter (and richer) than I, I expect he has made contingencies to deal with the same.
18 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
justavoter 11/4/2022 10:30:12 AM (No. 1324166)
As long as he is still paying them, he has every right to lock them out. I am sure he does not want employees sabotaging programs.
22 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
chance_232 11/4/2022 10:38:07 AM (No. 1324176)
Soooooo they WANT to work for Musk????
I'm confused......
29 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 11/4/2022 10:52:03 AM (No. 1324193)
In the immortal words of Flounder from Animal House: “Boy, is this GREAT!”
18 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/4/2022 10:56:41 AM (No. 1324197)
I SO LOVE IT when Leftists go berserk and beclown themselves!
This will drag on and Elon will not give in, See Ya Commies!
16 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Highlander 11/4/2022 11:22:41 AM (No. 1324233)
Years ago, a tech company, I will not name, surprised my older brother in his office with a pink slip. The security waited until he gathered up his personal items and they escorted him to his car and watched him drive out. It was shameful since he put 25 years in that place. But they gave him six months pay so he could find another job and retire. It was tough but he survived.
By contrast, these Twitter weenies won’t make it.
13 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
sunshinehorses 11/4/2022 11:29:25 AM (No. 1324243)
Don't know about Cali law, but I thought federal law only kicked in if the company was closing or closing a whole plant or division.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
zoidberg 11/4/2022 11:31:41 AM (No. 1324247)
I guess they actually did let the door hit them in the gluteus on the way out.
8 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
zoidberg 11/4/2022 11:32:18 AM (No. 1324249)
#4 - Yes.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
padiva 11/4/2022 11:43:11 AM (No. 1324265)
Is 'twitterized' a new word?
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston 11/4/2022 11:44:20 AM (No. 1324269)
Going from memory here...but among all the Twitter articles recently, I'm sure I read something to the effect that if he didn't terminate staff within 1 week of taking over then he would be on the hook for severance bennies.
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
stablemoney 11/4/2022 12:57:41 PM (No. 1324340)
Twitter has lost 975 million in the last year, and has accumulated Retained Earnings Deficit of $1 Billion. The Company is entirely financed by capital contributions, not earnings. The first listed exception to the WARN Act is a faltering company, which Twitter clearly is. The leftists judges don't care about the law, and will rule against Musk, who will have to appeal and get that overturned, but will win in the end.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Lala 11/4/2022 1:28:15 PM (No. 1324360)
Welcome to the real world, snowflakes. I worked at a software company for 20 years, went through half a dozen acquisitions/mergers. That’s life. No one is guaranteed a job forever. Sheesh.
7 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 11/4/2022 2:12:36 PM (No. 1324399)
LOL! He OWNS the company. He can do what is necessary.
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
janjan 11/4/2022 2:30:06 PM (No. 1324428)
They are suing based on the law that requires 60 days notice before a layoff. I’m not familiar with the details of the law but there should be an exception for IT positions. You can’t allow them 60 days to sabotage systems. I expect Elon’s lawyers have this covered.
5 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
john56 11/4/2022 2:33:07 PM (No. 1324432)
From another site. Unless you're furniture (doesn't do any work), you should be able to land a job pretty quick with Twitter on your resume.
"Other tech companies had already begun trying to hire former Twitter employees. “If you work at Twitter and you find yourself without your job today, please reach out,” Juna González, an Amazon engineer, wrote on Twitter. “I’m sure we have the right role for you somewhere.”
0 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Msquared112 11/4/2022 3:00:06 PM (No. 1324454)
Musk can handle this one in his sleep. Tell them to frack off.
2 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/4/2022 3:05:56 PM (No. 1324457)
Hired at will; fired at will. Rotsa ruck...
5 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/4/2022 3:09:10 PM (No. 1324459)
I believe layoffs don’t require severance pay, benefits and all that. And I don’t imagine even notice is required although Musk began talking layoffs before the deal was done.
2 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/4/2022 3:18:57 PM (No. 1324466)
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/layoff-protections-california-employees.html
It appears that notice is required in CA undee both fed and CA laws, but in CA no severance or health benefits
1 person likes this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/4/2022 3:35:45 PM (No. 1324479)
If you read the email Twitter sent to each employee, you will probably find that this WAS notice for some of them. Each employee is notified of hia status as an iindividual … We have no idea what each employee was notified in those emails.
The class action suit seems premature. And there are exceptions to both the WARN and CA’s mini-WARN laws.
Interesting, but Musk will handle.
1 person likes this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/4/2022 3:39:30 PM (No. 1324485)
Bad editing in last reply needs correction. The mass emails notiified employees that each of them would then receiive an INDIVIDUAL email setting forth his status and what to expect.
1 person likes this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 11/4/2022 3:57:08 PM (No. 1324505)
Warning in advance Twits, 'cause this is gonna sting, but, hey, it's a private company and the owner can do what he wants.
Here's your cardboard box for personal belongings, and in one hour the out-processing workshop starts in the cafeteria...
2 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
mifla 11/5/2022 7:03:54 AM (No. 1324954)
Lawsuit has no merit, but the lawyers know it will be heard by a CA judge in a CA court.
0 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
anniebc 11/5/2022 9:03:35 AM (No. 1325073)
Told you it was coming. Two months severance is not enough; they are entitled to their jobs.
0 people like this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Imright"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)