Elon Musk’s X Corp. is demanding money from at least six laid-off Australian employees, claiming it accidentally overpaid them due to currency conversion errors
The alleged overpayments ranged from $1,500 to $70,000 per employee
X made the currency conversion errors when paying out the share entitlements to the laid-off employees
The former employees have not repaid the money so far, and X has threatened to take them to court to seek the return of the funds plus interest
This is in contrast to what allegedly happened to many former US-based workers, who are fighting to receive severance from X
X is also facing lawsuits from former Twitter executives who claim they were cheated out of severance, and from vendors who were not paid after Musk took over Twitter
Who could have foreseen that laying off a shit ton of people and working the remaining people into the ground (often under threat of deportation due to visas) would result in costly errors??
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What a poorly run company.
Who could have foreseen that laying off a shit ton of people and working the remaining people into the ground (often under threat of deportation due to visas) would result in costly errors??
-business genius Elon Musk, apparently
It’s running into the ground, and Musk is determined to keep on running.