[suddenclarity]

Headline seems incorrect. Halli has tweeted for years about his disability and how he lived on disability assistance. Can publicly available information you've shared to hundreds of thousands of people be regarded as confidential and thereby leaked?

[noirscape]

Elon was this guys employer. He seemingly laid him off with zero communication. After inquiring (clearly not intending to do so publicly first) on if he was actually laid off, Elon responds by ridiculing the guys disability.

The problem isn't exactly leaking the information (although that is also still bad for what amounts to "don't be a fucking dickhead" and maybe some other laws, but I guess most people are used to Musk just not caring about either of those and if that was the argument, putting former employees on blast like that is extremely bad form either way), the problem is that this is the sorta thing that leaves employment lawyers salivating at an unjust termination lawsuit because Elon basically wrote the textbook argument as to why the ADA exists here.

EDIT: Oh might as well add, but apparently this guy was also on the "do not fire" VIP list because actually firing him would put the company in actual dire financial straits since they now need to pay out the entire exit package at once.

[jackfruitpeel]

If you're an employer who has let someone go, you would have to be mentally deficient to mention anything regarding their disability in relation to their employment or firing.

[yunohn]

I hope Halli can use Elon’s cruel tweets in court and get some retribution.