Twitter engineer fired by email using meme (opens in new tab)

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6 pointsbatter3y ago6 comments

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It's a joke, pretty sure he's just a comedian and never worked for Twitter.

This seems like it's probably not real, but it's very telling that I'm not 100% sure.

It's unimaginable that any other company would do this, but a Musk company? Hard to say. His sense of humor is certainly not... universal.

tpmx3y ago

That is a silly argument. Is there a name for this kind of fallacy?

I've seen it used a number of times and I cringed a little every time.

smt883y ago

It's not a fallacy because I'm not making an argument. I'm just noting that it should obviously be satire, but it isn't obvious. Musk has done a lot of things that are so ironic and hypocritical that the line between satire and reality is blurred.

That is a bizarre thing to cringe over.

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mikece3y ago

So... assuming this is a joke, what would the legal ramifications be for a company that terminated workers in that manner? And is there a legal distinction between being fired and being let-go/downsized?

smt883y ago

There is a legal distinction between firing and layoffs. Firing is done for cause, while layoffs are to reduce costs. The rights of the workers are different in those cases depending on local laws.

I'm not a lawyer, but I believe there would be no legal ramifications for firing someone this way unless it were used in a lawsuit to show that the company acted maliciously.

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themodelplumber3y ago

It's a joke, pretty sure he's just a comedian and never worked for Twitter.

smt883y ago

This seems like it's probably not real, but it's very telling that I'm not 100% sure.

It's unimaginable that any other company would do this, but a Musk company? Hard to say. His sense of humor is certainly not... universal.

tpmx3y ago

That is a silly argument. Is there a name for this kind of fallacy?

I've seen it used a number of times and I cringed a little every time.

smt883y ago

That is a bizarre thing to cringe over.

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mikece3y ago

smt883y ago

There is a legal distinction between firing and layoffs. Firing is done for cause, while layoffs are to reduce costs. The rights of the workers are different in those cases depending on local laws.

I'm not a lawyer, but I believe there would be no legal ramifications for firing someone this way unless it were used in a lawsuit to show that the company acted maliciously.

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