Two months since Elon Musk laid off almost half of Twitter’s workforce, some say they are yet to receive severance pay.
Speaking to CNN, one of Twitter’s former employees, affected by the layoff, said that they had expected to receive some information from the company by Wednesday.
As of early Thursday, however, the former employee said they had yet to receive any documents related to a severance agreement or offer.
A spokesperson for Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney representing a couple of Twitter employees, confirmed that her clients who were hit by the Twitter layoffs in early November also had yet to receive any severance information as of Thursday.
“Yesterday was the official separation date for thousands of Twitter employees, and after months of chaos and uncertainty created by Elon Musk, these workers remain in the lurch,” Liss-Riordan said in a Thursday statement.
The company was recently sued by a commercial landlord, who claimed Twitter failed to pay rent accumulating to $136,260 (£113,601) for their offices on the 30th floor of a building in downtown San Francisco.
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A private flight company also alleged Twitter has failed to pay bills.
Liss-Riordan has filed four proposed class action lawsuits against Twitter on behalf of employees affected by layoffs, with claims including that Twitter backtracked on promises to allow remote work and consistent severance benefits, as well as complaints related to alleged disability and gender-based discrimination.
The New York Times last month reported that Twitter was considering denying laid off employees their severance as a cost-cutting measure, citing people familiar with the talks among company leadership, adding to the sense of uncertainty for affected workers.
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