They should have waited until AFTER Christmas, if that’s an ‘issue’. At this point, their troubles are self-inflicted. I suspect they didn’t think Musk would fire them & terminate the contract .... but he has a reputation for not putting up with “stuff”.
From article:
They are suing for severance packages that were promised BEFORE Musk’s acquisition of Twitter but which were not delivered to the fired employees.
Should be an interesting lawsuit.