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‘See you in court:’ Pregnant Twitter employee tells Elon Musk after being laid off
Daily US Feed ^ | NOVEMBER 7, 2022 | JAMES L.

Posted on 11/07/2022 10:08:28 AM PST by allen592

A former data science manager at Twitter is planning to sue Elon Musk for firing her while six months pregnant. As Musk began slashing jobs last week, Shennan Lu was one of many workers who were laid off. She subsequently took to Twitter to blast the Elon Musk-led company’s handling of the situation.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Reference
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; news; truthsocial; twitter
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To: allen592

Probably an h-1b


101 posted on 11/07/2022 12:29:06 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Huskrrrr
On the first day of every job I had as a professional I was informed: “We can fire you for any reason.” Suck it up, Buttercup.

At will employment. You can be fired at any time for any reason or for no reason at all. I'm good with that.

102 posted on 11/07/2022 12:29:21 PM PST by Chuckster (Friends olet friends eat farmed fish)
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To: volunbeer

Elon may regret it for other reasons

California is an at will state. Plus zmusk is giving everyone enough notice (three months sseversnce$

The illegal hiring suits will all be tossed


103 posted on 11/07/2022 12:30:02 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: PapaBear3625

Correct, so in effect Musk is giving them 90 days notice.


104 posted on 11/07/2022 12:30:08 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: allen592

General layoff’s are usually used to get rid of certain employees who would be problematic under normal circumstances.


105 posted on 11/07/2022 12:32:16 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Alter Kaker

Musk exceeded the requirements of the WARN act. That requirement is sixty days. He’s paying them until February of next year. That’s way longer than sixty days


106 posted on 11/07/2022 12:35:24 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: allen592
So if you're pregnant you can't be fired?

I can understand it if you can't be fired because you're pregnant.

So many people struggle with correlation vs causation.

Not sure about layoffs...

107 posted on 11/07/2022 12:53:10 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: volunbeer
We now live in a world where local politicians, state politicians, and federal politicians, along with their judicial allies, can tell you, a private property owner, that you cannot evict a tenant who refuses to pay rent.... What is different about that versus a judge telling Elon Musk that you must continue to employ a person in your company?

Musk needs to establish a "rubber room" like the public schools have, where a teacher who can't be fired at will must come and sit all day, looking at his smart phone or reading magazines—but stay out of the classroom until the legal case regarding his firing finally winds its way through the union and the courts. Some of them end up twiddling their thumbs in such rooms every school day for years.

108 posted on 11/07/2022 1:13:57 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free... Galatians 5:1 )
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To: allen592

She must know they have all her personal web history using their IT systems.

All email and instant messaging text.

Sure there are more than enough nuggets on page one to justify her termination.


110 posted on 11/07/2022 2:41:21 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: allen592

She sounds like a nightmare.

Good luck to the baby daddy, or whomever.


111 posted on 11/07/2022 2:41:56 PM PST by simpson96
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To: allen592

Uh, so being pregnant is a shield for mass company layoffs? Dont think so.


112 posted on 11/07/2022 2:54:35 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Pregnancy is protected class by the EEOC, but she would have to establish that she was fired because she was pregnant, and not because she was incompetent. As I understand it, Musk provided all laid-off employees 3 months severance. You know & I know that Musk more than likely made all the fired employees sign an agreement that essentially says: “in return for this money, recipient is barred from litigation on this matter.”


113 posted on 11/07/2022 3:10:16 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: allen592

I sincerely doubt he even knew she was pregnant


114 posted on 11/07/2022 3:37:02 PM PST by dkGba
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To: allen592

Paid maternity leave. Missed it by that much. /Maxwell Smart


115 posted on 11/07/2022 4:38:03 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: allen592

Is there a law now saying you cannot lay off pregnant humyns?


116 posted on 11/07/2022 5:01:05 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: allen592

She ain’t a data scientist. She is a marketing manager. Did she lie or article?


117 posted on 11/07/2022 5:43:12 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: allen592

She 3 months full pay and 6 months unemployment. In Calif if she goes to school along the lines of what she did then she gets 50 weeks unemployment so in total a nice big vacation.


118 posted on 11/08/2022 12:25:35 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: usconservative
" She's the one with the burden of proof, to prove that claim true. Not Twitter/Musk. Being part of a mass layoff very likely gives Twitter/Musk cover."

Agreed on both counts. She actually screwed up royally by bragging about her positive reviews and her team kudos, instead she should have indicated she could fulfill the test in Young, ie, "I was not accommodated on x number of occasions and I have receipts."

But what can you do, her name is Wu (lol).

119 posted on 11/08/2022 5:43:45 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: StAnDeliver

Thank God they’re stupid, right?


120 posted on 11/08/2022 8:37:37 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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