Former Twitter Employees $500M Severance Suit Dismissed

https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-scores-win-against-former-twitter-employees-in-500-million-severance-suit-f4d75b7e

by Jimmc414 • 2 years ago

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tardy_one7• 2 years ago

I don't really get his behavior on this one.. $500m is a lot to save, but this is someone who has lost billions more on various other things..

In some particular markets it may be helpful to only attract workers who aren't very confident, but in the longer term I think it would hurt possibilities to have a lot of the work force take a piss on your job offers. I.e. never the best in a niche, only whoever will entertain an offer connected to Musk.

martinbaun• 2 years ago

I don't know the specifics of this, but the judge ruled in his favor and thus the severance package didn't include this. Elon musk literally have a whole team of lawyers just to deal with all the times he gets sued for various thing - like every one celebrity or rich person. If he paid everytime, he would have went bankrupt many times.

falcor84• 2 years ago

If he paid everytime, he would have went bankrupt many times.

If he just paid proper severance every time (rather than paying out after being sued), I think he'd still be absolutely ok.

tardy_one7• 2 years ago

Deciding it is not a matter of federal law is not a ruling in his favor for violating norms, verbal and written contracts.. If he can't afford the norms of compensation and leasing then that is a reason to never do business with him.

htrp• 2 years ago

From the article

The judge in California’s northern district said this week that the lawsuit by two ex-Twitter employees incorrectly claimed the company’s severance plan was governed by a federal law dictating minimum payment thresholds.

From the legal docs

Plaintiff Courtney McMillian was an employee at Twitter as the Head of People Experience leading Compensation, Benefits, and other global functions.

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Seems strange that the person who headed up benefits would get this one wrong.

pylua• 2 years ago

I’m sure Elon is laughing his ass off, just due to the irony.

Clubber• 2 years ago

Seems strange that the person who headed up benefits would get this one wrong.

Musk ... has denied wrongdoing, saying he fired the executives for cause.

I think the plaintiff just showed cause with that one.

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

Some other coverage: https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/10/elon-musk-does-not-owe-ex-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40935439

Former Twitter Employees $500M Severance Suit Dismissed

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