£470k fine | Twitter employee wrongly sacked for not replying to Elon Musk's email ultimatum

A former senior employee at Twitter’s European headquarters has been awarded over £470,000 (€550,000) in compensation after a tribunal ruled that his failure to respond to an email from Elon Musk did not mean he had resigned.

In October 2022, Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, marking the beginning of a new era for the social media giant, which he later renamed X. 

Gary Rooney, who had served as a director of procurement for Twitter’s Dublin office since 2013, found himself at the centre of a sweeping transformation initiated by Musk. 

Shortly after the acquisition, Musk sent an email to employees outlining a stark new vision for the company’s future, which he dubbed "Twitter 2.0."