Musk is in trouble again! On October 13 (last Friday), the U.S. National Labor Board (NLRB) filed charges against Company X (formerly Twitter):Unlawfully firing a company employee because she posted on Twitter questioning the company’s return to office policy.
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It is reported that this is the first time the NLRB has formally filed a complaint against Company X.
In the complaint, the NLRB said Company X violated federal law, which prohibits companies from punishing employees for communicating or organizing with others about working conditions.
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The NLRB’s general counsel argued that Company
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In October 2022, Musk officially acquired Twitter for US$44 billion and began to make drastic changes.
It is said that there are three things that a new official should do when he takes office, and Musk’s first fire is on his own employees.
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After taking over, Musk could not wait for a moment and immediately sent an email to employees detailing his expectations for the company's future, asking every employee to make the best use of their resources:
"Any manager who falsely claims that someone who reports to him or her is doing a good job or that a particular role is critical, whether remote or not, will be fired from the company."
He also criticized remote working as immoral and ordered employees to return to the office immediately, otherwise:
“If you can return to the office in person and don’t, then consider yourself resigned!”
Because Musk's first aggressive move was too cruel. After receiving this email, the entire company was panicked, but they could only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
butChinese software engineer YueBut he didn’t give in. He openly resisted on Twitter:"Don't resign and let him fire you, resigning actually gets nothing.".
A similar message was later posted on the company's Slack channel. According to legal charging documents, many colleagues responded to Yue's message after she posted it.
At the same time, Musk also began instructing his management team to monitor and scan all online posts and Slack,"To determine who should be fired."
Five days later, Yue was terminated from the company for violating company policy.
In the complaint, the NLRB said the dismissal was both an attempt to retaliate against Yue and to prevent other employees from participating in collective action.
Yue said Twitter chose to fire her "in retaliation for her attempts to prevent colleagues from resigning so they would have a better legal basis to challenge any departures from Twitter."
After 12 great years and 3 weeks of chaos, I'm officially fired from Twitter.
Never thought I would stay this long, and never thought I would be so relieved when I left.
I have so many stories to tell, but for my (former) Twitter friends #LoveWhereYouWorked
After being officially fired, Yue seemed to have regained his freedom. He no longer hid his dissatisfaction with Musk's various practices and began to speak freely.
My friends old, new, and strangers alike, I hope you will migrate to the free Internet to protect your emotional health from the willful child king. My new home can be found in my resume. Be brave and we will meet on the other side.
Admittedly, I still find useful information on Twitter. I lurk around all the new guys to see how mature they are. But I would never let Twitter be the only place I publish original content.
Musk never shows mercy when it comes to firing employees
It has to be said that Musk has always been merciless when it comes to layoffs and will do whatever he says.
Last year, nine former SpaceX employees were unlawfully fired for writing a letter critical of Musk, and eight of them have filed charges with the NLRB.
The letter reads:"Elon's behavior in the public sphere frequently distracts and embarrasses us."The person who wrote the letter also offered suggestions on how to make the company better and strengthen its sexual harassment policies, including a suggestion that SpaceX should disclose any other harassment allegations against Musk.
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Less than a month after taking over Twitter, Musk laid off nearly 3,000 employees, and then had a big fight with his own software engineers online over procedural issues.
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On November 15 last year, Musk apologized to users on Twitter, saying that Twitter was extremely slow in many countries because of poor applications.
As a result, this statement was immediately refuted by Eric Frohnhoefer, a software engineer who did not want to take the blame.
I've been working on Twitter for Android for about 6 years and can say this is wrong
After an online spat with his boss, Eric was fired without warning after get off work on Monday.
Eric was so angry that he yelled at Musk and his team."They're all a bunch of cowards."
Of course, Eric was not the only one who was fired for not giving face to his boss.
Some media learned that about "20 people" were fired in one month alone for criticizing Musk's leadership on internal channels.
Since then, Musk has personally confirmed that he had laid off 80% of his employees as of April this year.8,000 people were laid off to 1,500.
However, this man is also capable of bending and stretching.
Although Musk drives people vigorously and resolutely, if something happens to him, he can stillLicking his face and begging for someone to come back.
According to Bloomberg, after the whirlwind layoffs, dozens of fired employees were brought back by Musk. It is said that some of them were wrongfully fired, while some had experience in building new features.
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Both cut and invited!
Musk, the boss, is really willful.
However, this habit of indiscriminately laying off people without explanation is also undesirable. The attorney representing Yue, a former Chinese employee of Twitter, said:
Twitter fired Yue for trying to help a co-worker, which is a violation of federal labor law.
Currently, a hearing on this case is scheduled to be held in San Francisco on January 30.
According to the NLRB, the agency's general counsel is seeking remedies that include:
Can order changes to Company X policy
Reinstate illegally dismissed employees
But they do not have the authority to impose punitive damages on Company X or hold executives personally liable for violations.
Well, what do you think of this solution? Are you satisfied with it?
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