A Twitter employee won $600K for unfair dismissal after not responding to Musk's "hardcore" work email. These are the lessons to learn from this case.

A former Twitter employee, Gary Rooney, won about $600,000 for unfair dismissal after Twitter assumed he resigned by not responding to Elon Musk’s “hardcore” work email.

The case highlighted the importance of clear communication between employers and employees, especially regarding significant changes in employment terms.

Rooney’s private Slack messages, where he discussed leaving, were used as evidence by Twitter, underscoring that internal communication on platforms like Slack is not always private and can be used in legal disputes.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Fucking good. I’ve had to fire people (up in Canada though) and it’d be fucking ridiculous to “Please opt in to not be fired” it violates so many fucking employment laws.