Elon Musk’s self-own after trolling disabled employee he sacked

Do you get the feeling Elon Musk bought Twitter simply to spout off his ‘genius’?

Well, even if you think he is great (many people do) he deleted a tweet, a recently fired employee (who had muscular dystrophy) “The worst”

NEW: Elon Musk had deleted a tweet, calling a recently fired employee (who had muscular dystrophy) "The worst". It had already been viewed half a million times. Here's the screengrab: pic.twitter.com/92123j9xB3

— James Clayton (@JamesClayton5) March 7, 2023

That’s not all, you can read the interview about the sacking in the link below.

You can read the BBC's interview with Halli Thorleifsson here:https://t.co/02FnhlVkha

— James Clayton (@JamesClayton5) March 7, 2023

He doubled down on it when he tweeted…

The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) 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.

Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 7, 2023

Apology?

Elon Musk has now apologised over the exchange

It came after worker Halli Thorleifsson tweeted to Elon Musk saying: “Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not”.

Here it is?

I'm not going to lie, this is the most entertaining exit interview I've ever witnessed pic.twitter.com/6OfjuGNIiC

— Alex Cohen 🤠 (@anothercohen) March 7, 2023

Here it is in larger format.

Mr Musk responded by asking: “What work have you been doing?”

After a series of follow up questions and answers Mr Thorleifsson said he received an email confirming that he had been fired.

However, a few hours later he went back on his social media platform to apologise – and appeared to offer Mr Thorleifsson his job back.

“I would like to apologise to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful.”

“He is considering remaining at Twitter,” Musk added.

The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) 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.

Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 7, 2023

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