“Maybe if enough people share (this post), you’ll reply to me here.” On Twitter, Halli Thorleifsson asked if she still worked for the social network or not. In late February, the platform’s senior director of product design was unable to get a response from HR. His only option was to directly challenge his boss, Elon Musk, says the British media BBC.
A long to-do list
Viewed 18 million times, the post has garnered more than 70,000 likes and close to 1,500 responses. But it is Elon Musk’s who interested. The billionaire simply asked what the employee’s tasks were within his company.
Concerned about breaching the confidentiality of her duties, Halli Thorleifsson made sure she had the right to list her duties. Authorized by Elon Musk, he said he’s in charge of leading efforts to save about half a million dollars on a software-as-a-service contract, prioritizing design projects to ensure it’s doable with a small team, or hiring managers for the design. papers, among others.
Given this list, the head of Twitter asked for clarification and rejected some tasks. “What software as a service?”, “We haven’t hired a manager in four months,” “What changes have you made to help young people?” Elon Musk reacted hastily.
A dry end to the conversation.
But when the employee mentioned the Sigma project, the boss ended the conversation with two crying laughing emojis. Without answering the original question about whether Halli Thorleifsson was still on staff at Twitter.
But the conversation with the billionaire was not in vain. Conversations with the new owner of the social network allowed the employee to get a response from human resources. Unsurprisingly, Halli Thorleifsson has received confirmation that he has been fired.
The 45-year-old was thus part of the same wave of layoffs that saw the departure of Esther Crawford, the person responsible for reviewing Twitter Blue. But she now she knows.
Source: BFM TV
