To add context to point 1, they said they'd repeatedly reached out to Twitter HR multiple times and contacted multiple people but they couldn't get any answers on if they were still hired or being paid so decided to publicly reach out. I assume HR couldn't give answers because it's probably running on fumes with a skeleton team
Yeah I'd say if HR for a week was really "not able to confirm if [he is] an employee" that's a pretty bad sign. How do they even know everybody is getting paid if they don't know for sure who works there?
That’s a very odd way to look at it. Seems like he’s been trying to find out whether he’s been fired for nearly 10 days, and as a last ditch attempt contacted Musk, and was quite courteous about it until Musk decided to suggest he was let go for being lazy (and also seemed to think “Figma” was a joke like Bofa/Ligma).
> 2. Chose to make a donation to the government by taking payment in cash instead of stock.
Is this supposed to be somehow bad? Seems like clearly a pro-social thing to say
> You know what? I'm doing well enough. I want to contribute back to my society in the same proportion and democratic manner as the people who work under me.
> 1. Called out their boss (Elon, of all people) publicly on Twitter instead of quietly remaining on payroll.
It's not exactly known if he actually still is on Twitter's payroll. Besides even if he still were, it keeps him from pursuing actual productive work, alone from non-compete clauses.
It's mentioned in TFA. When he sold his company to Twitter, he chose to receive payment in cash rather than stock, partly to "pay back" the system in the form of higher taxes on the proceeds.