Former Twitter Employee Shares That Elon Musk Fired Him via Email With a Funny Meme
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Former Twitter Employee Shares That Elon Musk Fired Him via Email With a Funny Meme

  • Elon Musk has been making major changes since his recent takeover of the social media platform, Twitter
  • The South African-born billionaire has been slammed after a former employee who worked at the company for five years shared the email he got when he was being fired
  • Social media users have shared mixed reactions to the post; some have told the man to seek legal help

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A former Twitter employee has shared the email that was sent to him when his contract was terminated after five years at the social media company.

Former Twitter employee shares email he received
Social media users have shared mixed reactions to an email shared by a sacked Twitter employee. Image: Getty Images and TikTok.
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The new Twitter owner Elon Musk has revealed that he will make major changes after his takeover. The South African-born billionaire has been sacking employees, from top management to the bottom of the ranks.

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Taking to TikTok, a former employee shared that he was laid off from his job without warning after five years at the company. The former employee, identified as Matt Shaver, shared the email he received from the new HR manager alongside a hilarious meme of Elon Musk's face.

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Social media users couldn't believe it was real. Some thought it could be a joke, while others said the former employee must sue Elon Musk.

@Ipoudre wrote:

"So Twitter is using Gmail? I’m confused…. I don’t think this is real."

@Mighty Oak commented:

"If only Twitter employees had gathered together in some kind of group to collectively bargain in solidarity "

@ticbat9 added:

"With that wall and that ceiling, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you didn't work at Twitter ."

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@Wheels noted:

"Every employee fired needs to go for wrongful terminal and take unemployment."

@waltpopailo2 said:

"California is an at-will state, which means that an employer can fire you for any reason at any time, with or without cause."

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A preliminary audit by the Director of Public Prosecutions offices in Bloemfontein revealed irregular transactions processed at a filling station in the Free State city.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.