Elon Musk, Twitter and Fork in the Road

Musk’s Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email
Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges to Elon Musk’s mass layoffs when he bought the company in 2022.
Trump cribs Musk’s “fork in the road” Twitter memo to slash gov’t workforce
Echoing Elon Musk's approach to thinning out Twitter's staff in 2022, Donald Trump's plan to significantly slash the government workforce now, for a limited time only, includes offering resignation buyouts.
'Fork In The Road'—75,000 Federal Workers Took Musk's Offer, But Was It Enough?
The program, which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk called “Fork in the Road,” attracted about 3% of the 2.4 million civilian federal employees, below the administration’s 5% to 10% target, according to Bloomberg . The initiative allows workers to leave in February while remaining on the federal payroll through September.
Musk’s Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over Layoff After Email
Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges to Elon Musk’s mass layoffs when he bought the company in 2022.
Musk Doubles Down on Mass Email Threat to Federal Workers
After OPM said workers weren’t required to respond, Musk said they’ll get another chance to reply or be fired.
Musk issues second email ultimatum to federal workers
Elon Musk said federal workers who did not respond to a weekend email demanding that they explain their work may be given a second chance to do so. However, Musk warned they could still be fired if they still don't respond a second time.
What happens after the 'Fork in the Road'? A lawyer for ex-Twitter employees weighs in
Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of ...
The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the ...
Why a judge sided with Trump’s ‘Fork in the Road’ federal employee resignation deadline
Federal labor unions didn’t have legal standing to sue, a federal judge said. Before this ruling, the administration lost a ...
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is ...
Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff ...
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Trump to federal employees on ‘fork in the road’: Quit now and collect eight months’ pay for nothing
Almost all 2 million civil servants can opt to resign now and get paid through September without showing up for work, ...