Just days after Elon Musk At least 200 others reportedly fired Twitter employees, an Icelandic entrepreneur visited the microblogging site to confirm whether he had been fired.
What happened: Haraldur Thorleifssonwho bears the name hello on Twitter tweeted that “9 days ago my work computer was locked out along with about 200 other Twitter employees,” but HR did not confirm his employee status.
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Halli said HR didn’t return his calls and went on to tag the Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey say, “My company was acquired under your supervision.”
He also tagged Sequoia Capital And a16z – “Two investors on Twitter claiming they are founder friendly” – to understand if he is an employee of the company or not.
Musk later replied — not in the way most people would have expected.
According to Halli, Twitter’s HR director immediately emailed him that he was no longer employed after Musk responded.
Why it matters: Acquired Twitter Ueno – a full-service creative agency founded by Thorleifsson – in 2021.
The agency has designed digital brands and experiences for companies such as Airbnb, Apple, ESPN, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, NY Times, Oculus, PayPal, Uber, Venmo, Visa and Walmart, among others.
Thorleifsson has won multiple awards and started a fund that built 100 wheelchair ramps in Reykjavik in just eight months.
According to his website, he spearheaded communities on Twitter and the long-awaited edit button feature.
Before the recent killing spree, he was one of the few previously on the do not fire list, reported platformer.
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