This is definitely not a good time to be in tech. Big companies including Google, Amazon, Twitter and others are laying off hundreds of their employees. For some Twitter employees, the situation only seems to be getting worse and chaotic. After laying off around 3,700 employees, the microblogging company has reportedly reached out to some of these terminated employees and asked them to return as they were removed “by mistake”.
Now an anonymous post by one such person ex-twitter employee Has gone viral on the internet. Reportedly posted on Blind (for those unaware, Blind is an anonymous community app for workplaces), the employee recounted her story of being fired, rehired, and finally fired back. Twitter, By the end, he finds the post a cry for help and seeks legal help.
According to the post, the employee was fired in early November. He was then told that he would get 3 months salary as severance. But a few days later, he was called back on Twitter for being ‘critical talent’ and asked to provide ‘code samples’. But the matter did not end here. The employee was later fired and is now only given 4 weeks of severance.
Here’s the full text of the post, shared anonymously by an ex-Twitter employee, as shared by Peter Yang, a product lead on Reddit.
Laid down, called back, now fired.
I was dropped from Twitter in early November and was told I would receive 3 months pay as severance. I was called back soon after that because they felt I was “significant talent” and I was asked to do documentation and provide “code samples”. Last night, I was abruptly fired for no reason and offered 4 weeks of severance to sign a release of claim agreement. Any employment lawyers, please DM me if you can help. I am on H1B and I only have 60 days to find a new job during the holidays.
However, the troubles of Twitter employees are not over yet. Elon Musk’s Twitter has fired more employees this week—the day before Thanksgiving.