The
face
of
wrongful
terminations.
(Photo
by
Apu
Gomes/Getty
Images)
Funny
thing
about
letting
the
Earth
decide
—
you’ll
eventually
find
out
that
consequences
are
global.
It
is
easy
to
think
about
Elon’s
Twitter
meddling
as
an
American
problem,
but
Brazil
taking
away
~20M
Tweeters
(Xers?)
because
Elon
failed
to
appoint
a
legal
representative
shows
that’s
not
the
case.
Managing
the
world’s
public
forum
means
being
subject
to
the
world’s
laws
and
an
Irish
court
just
ruled
that
Elon
owes
a
former
employee
$600k
over
a
wrongful
termination.
Tododisca
has
coverage:
A
former
employee
in
Ireland,
Gary
Rooney,
won
compensation
of
approximately
US$600,000
after
winning
a
case
for
unfair
dismissal.
Shortly
after
the
“let
that
sink
in”
memeing,
Elon
sent
out
an
email
blast
asking
them
to
commit
to
arduous
work.
If
they
didn’t
respond,
they
would
be
kicked
off
the
team
with
a
severance
package.
Three
days
later,
Twitter’s
HR
informed
Rooney
that
they
assumed
his
resignation
and
acceptance
of
the
severance
package.
Rooney
then
filed
for
wrongful
termination:
The
commission
ruled
in
his
favor,
noting
that
Musk’s
initial
did
not
provide
clear
terms
about
the
changes
in
working
conditions
and
that
there
was
no
evidence
that
Rooney
had
voluntarily
resigned.
Things
that
could
have
been
easy
predicted
by
a
hardcore
litigation
department
for
$300?
Each
passing
day
makes
it
harder
for
Elon
Musk
fans
to
push
the
angle
that
he
is
some
3D
chess
Tony
Stark
by
another
name
and
not
just
some
monied
fool
whose
companies
succeed
despite
him.
Except
Twitter
—
that
decline
is
purely
on
him.
Elon
Musk
Must
Pay
$600,000
To
A
Former
Employee
Who
Was
Fired
For
Not
Replying
To
An
Email
[Tododisca]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.