On Monday, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, the company’s former senior director of product design, after Thorleifsson tweeted to Musk asking if he was still employed. Spent the night against Haraldur Thorleifsson.
During the episode, Musk publicly questioned the former Twitter worker’s disability.Tollefson is muscular dystrophy(opens in new tab) 20 years of wheelchair experience.
According to Thorleifsson, he was locked out of his company laptop nine days ago.this is the same weekend twitter is fired Many employees who were founders of companies acquired by Twitter prior to the Musk acquisition. These individuals were previously placed on a “do not fire” list because the retirement package compensation was believed to be too high to pay. Thorleifsson was the founder of Ueno, a popular creative design agency acquired by Twitter in 2021.
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Thorleifsson said he was denied access to his computer remotely, but Twitter’s human resources department was unable to verify his employment status.
“Dear @elonmusk… Nine days ago, access to my work computer was cut off along with about 200 other Twitter employees,” Thorleifsson said. murmured(opens in new tab)“But your HR manager can’t verify if I’m an employee. You haven’t replied to my email. If enough people retweet it, reply here.” Could you please?”
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Musk answered(opens in new tab), ask Thorleifsson about the work he’s done on Twitter. It was a bizarre public demand to incite and incite Musk’s most hardcore fans to stack up to attack Torleifsson.
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Thorleifsson asked Musk to confirm that he could answer without breaking the non-disclosure agreement.About Musk approval(opens in new tab), Thorleifsson explained on Twitter what he did. According to Thorleifsson, one of his most recent accomplishments was a deal with Figma, an online design application tool, that saved the company $500,000. He also said he was the lead on “all active design projects.”
Musk answered(opens in new tab) with a smiling emoji.
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It’s unclear why Musk laughed at that answer. Some of his Twitter users assumed Musk thought he thought Figma was a joke. prankster A person who pretended to be a furloughed Twitter employee named “Rahul Ligma”. But Figma is a very realistic design application company. Acquisition(opens in new tab) It was acquired by Adobe last year for $20 billion.
Follow Thorleifsson on Twitter for major projects Acquisition(opens in new tab) He intended to start his design agency in 2021 and hire Thorleifsson and his team.
Musk didn’t seem satisfied with the answer and asked Thorleifsson more questions, asking for proof of the designer’s work.
“Without the photo, it wouldn’t have happened,” Musk replied. remembered(opens in new tab) Musk said he couldn’t oblige because he didn’t have access to his work computer.
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Soleifsson answered(opens in new tab) Musk further heckled Musk by pointing out that he only wanted to know if he was still working for the company and that he didn’t question Musk’s decision if he was indeed fired. rice field.
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It seems like things could have ended there, but Musk continued to bring up Thor Lifeson’s disability in replies to another user.
“The reality is that this guy (independently wealthy) had no real job and used his excuses to claim that he had a typing disability and was creating a storm at the same time,” Musk said. said. murmured(opens in new tab)“But you got fired? No, if you didn’t work in the first place, you wouldn’t get fired!”
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Soleifsson won(opens in new tab) He has received multiple “Person of the Year” awards from media organizations in Iceland where he resides. When his company was acquired by his Twitter in 2021, he chose a payment method. maximize An amount he pays in taxes to show appreciation for the Icelandic social welfare system. One of his current projects, his Ramp Up Iceland, is installing wheelchair ramps across the country to make Iceland more accessible.
Nevertheless, the designer simply asked about employment status at the company.
After the initial exchange, Thorleifsson decided: share(opens in new tab) Read more about his story in a Twitter thread. In it, he describes Musk’s apparent trolling as part of his symptoms, which include starting to lose strength in his upper body, making typing for extended periods of time increasingly difficult.
Thorleifsson advances to the final blow(opens in new tab) Also for masks, see new report(opens in new tab) The owner of Twitter is surrounded by two bodyguards whenever he enters Twitter because he fears his own employees.
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“Oh! I forgot to read that @elonmusk can’t even go to the bathroom by himself,” he tweeted. “I’m sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. The only difference is that you can’t do it because of your disability, and the person who hurt you doesn’t attack you when you’re pooping.” It’s something I’m afraid of.”
