Elon Musk’s X Demands Repayment from Former Australian Employee
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Elon Musk’s X Demands Repayment from Former Australian Employee
In a contentious and unexpected move, Elon Musk's company X, formerly known as Twitter, has demanded that Yafit Levin, a former Australian employee, repay a severance payment she received after being laid off. This development sheds light on the broader challenges and legal disputes that have emerged in the wake of Musk’s acquisition and subsequent restructuring of Twitter. The Acquisition and Mass Layoffs When Elon Musk acquired Twitter in October 2022, he quickly implemented a series of drastic changes aimed at overhauling the social media giant. Central to these changes was a massive reduction in workforce, slashing the number of employees from around 8,000 to about 2,000. Musk justified these layoffs by citing severe financial losses, claiming that the company was hemorrhaging $4 million per day and that such drastic measures were necessary for its survival (The Independent). Yafit Levin's Case Yafit Levin, one of the many employees affected by the layoffs, received a severanc…
