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- CNN spoke to a laid-off Twitter engineer who said they have faced "waves of rejections" when applying for jobs.
- After being fired by Elon Musk, the former Twitter employee is now seeking recourse.
- Twitter is being criticized for the large severance package that was given to those who were let go in recent weeks.
According to Justine De Caires, a former Twitter engineer, ex-Twitter employees are having difficulty finding work in "hot garbage" jobs since Elon Musk made them leave.
CNN's De Caires stated that "the market is hot garbage at the moment." They are among hundreds of Twitter employees who sought legal recourse regarding severance packages that were offered to lay-off employees.
CNN's De Caires stated that tech job seekers were being forced to consider drastically different career paths because of the dire market.
"I was sitting down earlier in the week after a series of rejections, and I was thinking that maybe I should become a firefighter or some such thing… because the tech jobs just aren't happening," they said.
De Caires was one of a number of plaintiffs named by Twitter who sued the company last year. They claimed that the severance packages Musk offered were lower than the previous offers.
De Caires and other employees who sued Twitter claimed that they had relied on assurances from Twitter's previous leadership that the company's policy regarding severance would remain the same after Musk was appointed, according to an amended complaint filed in December.
According to the complaint, Twitter's severance packages before Musk included at least two months of pay and other benefits. However, Musk offered laid-off employees only one month of severance.
According to the complaint, Twitter employees were promised that if layoffs occurred after the sale, they would receive the same benefits as employees previously. Twitter, however, reneged upon this agreement after Musk purchased the company.
Insider didn't receive an answer to emails sent Monday morning to the press address of Twitter and Musk's SpaceX addresses by Musk.
De Caires and other employees also claimed that any pay received between the time they were informed and the actual day they left the company was not severance. De Caires had previously worked in San Francisco for Twitter. He was notified of his layoff on November 4. However, he officially separated from Twitter on January 4, according to a court filing.
According to the January order by the California federal court, De Caires' claims were moved to arbitration. They are one of Twitter's former employees that had signed arbitration agreements while working for Twitter.
Shannon Liss, De Caires' lawyer, told Insider she represents more than 1,500 Twitter employees who were laid off in individual arbitration cases.
Liss-Riordan stated that it would be cheaper for Twitter to pay its employees what they owe than to defend against all these cases. "We hope Elon will realize this soon. If not, we look forward taking him on in courtroom as well as arbitration."
According to Layoffs.fyi (a website that tracks layoffs in the sector), nearly 124,000 employees were laid off from over 450 tech companies this year. Large-scale layoffs have been announced by big tech companies such as Amazon, Meta, Google, and Google.
Uber is one example of a company that uses tougher performance reviews to motivate employees. However, the ride-hailing company previously stated to Insider that it intends to fill the vacancies left by employees it has cut.
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By: insider@insider.com (Sindhu Sundar)
Title: Laid-off Twitter software engineer calls job market ‘hot garbage’: ‘maybe I should go be a firefighter’
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/laid-off-twitter-engineer-tech-job-market-is-hot-garbage-2023-3
Published Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:17:01 +0000
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