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Musk Mocks Disabled Twitter Employee He Publicly Fired<!-- wp:html --><p>Haraldur Thorleifsson/Handout</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-goes-oddly-silent-after-twitter-users-vote-for-his-resignation">Elon Musk</a> publicly mocked a recently terminated Twitter employee early Tuesday morning, suggesting that the staffer, who has muscular dystrophy, asked for physical work accommodations he didn’t actually need.</p> <p>The former employee, Haraldur Thorleifsson, had worked for Twitter in Iceland since February 2021, when he sold his digital brand agency to the company.</p> <p>Thorleifsson tweeted at Musk on Monday, claiming that he had lost access to his work computer nine days prior alongside roughly 200 other staffers. Subsequently, he said, the company’s human resources department would not confirm whether he was still employed, while Musk ignored his emails.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-mocks-wheelchair-bound-twitter-employee-he-publicly-fired?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Haraldur Thorleifsson/Handout

Elon Musk publicly mocked a recently terminated Twitter employee early Tuesday morning, suggesting that the staffer, who has muscular dystrophy, asked for physical work accommodations he didn’t actually need.

The former employee, Haraldur Thorleifsson, had worked for Twitter in Iceland since February 2021, when he sold his digital brand agency to the company.

Thorleifsson tweeted at Musk on Monday, claiming that he had lost access to his work computer nine days prior alongside roughly 200 other staffers. Subsequently, he said, the company’s human resources department would not confirm whether he was still employed, while Musk ignored his emails.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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