The Irish Times reported that a temporary injunction was obtained from the High Court of Dublin to prevent McSweeney from being fired. McSweeney claims she was locked out of her work accounts and Dublin office because she didn't reply to an email from Musk that asked workers to commit to the company's "extremely hardcore" culture.
Musk gave employees a day to decide if they wanted to stay at the company after he took over. If an employee didn't click "yes" on the form included in the email, it would be treated as a resignation, with two months' worth of payroll and benefits.
She didn't hit "yes" McSweeney didn't reply to the email because it didn't outline Musk's expectations for employees who decided to stay and the severance package didn't meet her "contractual entitlements." On November 18th, McSweeney received an email saying she had resigned.
According to The Times, McSweeney is still locked out and unable to work, despite the fact that she wants to stay at the company. McSweeney was granted an injunction on Friday by Justice Brian O'Moore that prevents her from being fired by the social network. She will have her case reviewed next week.
McSweeney is not the only one who is uncertain about their job. After Robin Wheeler resigned as head of ad sales, Musk persuaded her to stay, but then fired her anyways. McSweeney also says that Musk has been firing and rehiring employees with no apparent logic.
Some employees were laid off before Musk asked them to come back. Alex Heath reported earlier this week that Musk said he was done with layoffs and that he was going to hire new workers.
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