'Discussing the consequences' | Is Musk planning to deny severance pay for fired Twitter staff?

In the seven weeks since Elon Musk completed his somewhat-reluctant takeover of Twitter, he’s created more HR horror stories than many CEOs will experience in an entire career.

First it was the decision to fire approximately half of Twitter’s workforce – roughly 3,700 employees, as he sought to slash costs and impose a demanding new work ethic. This was swiftly followed by the axing of "days of rest," which are highly popular company-wide days off, which were removed from calendars for the rest of the year.

Then came an embarrassing U-turn, when the form reportedly reached out to dozens of employees who were fired, asking them to resume their roles.

Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, while others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Musk envisions, according to Bloomberg sources.