A day after Elon Musk commenced a war against a disabled former Twitter employee, in which he suggested that the staffer had asked for physical work accommodations he didn’t actually need, the billionaire issued a rare apology.
commenced a war against a disabled former Twitter employee, in which he suggested that the staffer had asked for physical work accommodations he didn’t actually need, the billionaire issued a rare apology. He also claimed that the ex-employee, Haraldur “Halli” Thorleifsson—who was swept up in Twitter's latest round of job cuts—was considering staying at the company.
Thorleifsson had worked for Twitter in Iceland since February 2021, when he sold his digital brand agency to the company. His battle with Musk began when he tweeted at the billionaire on Monday, claiming that he had lost access to his work computer nine days prior alongside roughly 200 other staffers. Subsequently, he said, the company’s human resources department would not confirm whether he was still employed, while Musk ignored his emails.
responded to some of the tweets with a pair of crying-with-laughter emojis and a link to a scene fromThat public humiliation wasn’t enough. “The reality is that this guy did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm,” Musk wrote. “Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.”Thorleifsson fired back several hours later in a“My legs were the first to go.
He decided to sell his business to Twitter because he was tired, he said, and because “my body was continuing to get weaker.” His condition, he continued, has impacted his fingers, preventing him from doing manual work like typing or using a mouse for “extended periods of time.” But he can still write for shorter periods, explaining why he could tweet but not work full-time in certain roles at Twitter.
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