/ 09 March 2023

Do you even work here?

Image source: Getty/Canva
Image source: Getty/Canva

Elon Musk and his… unusual management style are back in the news again. This time, Musk mocked a Twitter employee’s disability before the company confirmed the man was fired. Halli Thorleifsson survived several rounds of layoffs before being locked out of his computer but was never given notice of his termination. After getting crickets from his internal inquiries, Halli decided to tweet at Musk. Musk then conducted an impromptu and very public appraisal of Halli’s work via a Twitter exchange, after which Halli finally heard back from Twitter’s HR to say he was laid off. But Musk wasn’t done – he came back later to criticise Halli and cast doubt over his disability (Halli has muscular dystrophy). Musk seemed to regret the exchange, later tweeting “I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation.” In totally unrelated news, a US movie critic says Hollywood’s new go-to baddie is a tech bro. Shocker, huh?

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