X (formerly Twitter) must pay 90 million yen to a former employee who was fired for not pressing a button agreeing to 'hardcore' work
Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter in October 2022, notified employees that they had until tomorrow to decide whether to accept a hardcore workplace or quit. X fired a former employee who did not accept the notice, but the Irish Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered X to pay the employee 550,000 euros (about 90 million yen).
Record award of €550k to former Twitter senior executive
X ordered to pay $600K to fired employee who didn't click 'yes' on email ultimatum
X must pay $600K to employee who didn't click yes to work 'hardcore' | Mashable
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-600k-employee-hardcore-email
In November 2022, Musk told employees, 'Going forward, to build a groundbreaking Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, you're going to have to be extremely hardcore. That means working long hours and high intensity work. From now on, only exceptional performance will pass,' and asked employees to give their all.
Here's the text of the email Musk sent to Twitter staff overnight.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) November 16, 2022
Those who don't commit to being “extremely hardcore” by 5pm ET today must leave the company. ️
Story: https://t.co/expt0d63dH pic.twitter.com/C8VDjRBvk1
Musk also indicated his intention to expel employees who do not agree with his desired working style, forcing employees to choose: 'If you want to be part of the new Twitter, click 'yes' at the link below. If you do not do so by tomorrow, Thursday at 5pm ET (7am Japan time, November 18, 2022), you will be paid three months' severance.'
Elon Musk gives Twitter employees an ultimatum: 'Accept hardcore jobs or quit by tomorrow' - GIGAZINE
Gary Rooney, who was a senior Twitter executive at the time, did not agree with Musk's choice and was fired by Twitter.
However, WRC arbitrator Michael McNamee ruled that Musk's '24-hour' deadline was not 'reasonable notice' for employees to consider their job fate, and that 'faced with this situation, we cannot blame employees for refusing to agree to the proposal.'
The WRC concluded that 'the refusal to select 'yes' from Mr. Musk's email was ineffective and unfair and did not justify Mr. Rooney's dismissal. The WRC also ordered X to pay Mr. Rooney 550,000 euros in compensation for unfair dismissal.
Regarding the WRC's decision, Rooney's lawyer, Barry Kenny, said, 'We are very pleased with the outcome.' X has not commented on the decision.
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