Disabled Twitter employees resigned because they felt they couldn't keep up with Elon Musk's 'hardcore' drive, discrimination lawsuit says

A former employee of the company is accusing Musk of forcing disabled workers to quit.

Musk told employees this week that they would have to work long hours at high intensity and be very hardcore.

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of an engineer who was laid off. State and federal laws prohibit discrimination. According to the lawsuit,Borodaenko was fired after telling his manager that he preferred to work from home because he was at risk from Covid-19.

"Many disabled employees who have, and would continue to, perform their jobs effectively have felt that, because of their disability, they will not be able to meet this new heightened standard of performance and productivity."

Many disabled employees felt like they had to leave.

Employees were told that they were expected to work 24/7. Insider's Kali Hays reported that internal messages were sent to teams working on the social media platform.

According to his lawsuit, he said his workload "vastly increased" after the first round of mass layoffs. The number of employees assigned to report to him went up from 10 to 16.

Musk's ultimatum for overtime culture and ending remote work does not allow for employees who need reasonable accommodations for their disabilities, according to the suit.

"Elon Musk's behavior since he took over the reins of the social networking site has been despicable." Shannon said in a statement to Insider that she had never seen anything like this before.

Many people with disabilities will feel no choice but to resign today in response to Musk's ultimatum, as his statements and actions only serve to deter them.

The lawsuits were filed on behalf of other people. Employees in these lawsuits said they weren't given proper notice of job cuts and weren't provided with severance packages.

Many employees at Twitter did not like Musk's new work mandate. After Musk outlined his "hardcore" vision, less than half of the company's 4,000 employees chose to stay.

The offices of the social media giant were temporarily closed on Thursday due to the exodus. The current employee said the move was to prevent physical sabotage while they sort out access revocations.

Alex Spiro did not respond to Insider's requests for comment.