Elon Musk is at it again, firing and hiring on Twitter for Twitter. The billionaire and new Twitter boss on Tuesday tweeted that he admits he was wrong to fire two of the social media giant’s employees and that it was one of his biggest mistakes. Except, the duo never worked there.
However, Ligma (a popular internet meme) and Johnson are two pranksters who pretended to be fired on the day of Twitter layoffs and tricked several media outlets into believing them. The two were photographed outside Twitter’s San Fransisco office seen leaving the premises with their boxes after having packed up for good to pose as if they were laid off. Several images and videos of the duo had gone viral then.
But, Musk did not seem to be played by the prank as he tweeted a rather witty response to the sacking of the two, saying “Ligma Johnson had it coming.”
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Twitter boss’ latest tweet is being seen as his response to those trolling him for firing nearly half of the company’s 7,500 string workforce since he took it over in a $44 billion deal.
This comes two days after Musk sacked a Twitter employee via a tweet as he contested the new CEO's remark on the microblogging site being slow on Android devices. The billionaire, however, deleted the tweet later. Reports suggest several other engineers too have fired been let go after they raised similar concerns over Slack.
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Here’s what happened — Musk this morning tweeted his photograph with a Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson against the backdrop of a big Twitter logo. The photo was captioned, “Welcoming back Ligma & Johnson!” implying he rehired the two.
Welcoming back Ligma & Johnson! pic.twitter.com/LEhXV95Njj
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2022
However, Ligma (a popular internet meme) and Johnson are two pranksters who pretended to be fired on the day of Twitter layoffs and tricked several media outlets into believing them. The two were photographed outside Twitter’s San Fransisco office seen leaving the premises with their boxes after having packed up for good to pose as if they were laid off. Several images and videos of the duo had gone viral then.
But, Musk did not seem to be played by the prank as he tweeted a rather witty response to the sacking of the two, saying “Ligma Johnson had it coming.”
Ligma Johnson had it coming 🍆 💦 pic.twitter.com/CgjrOV5eM2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
Also Read: Elon Musk fires around 3,000 contract workers at Twitter without prior notice
Twitter boss’ latest tweet is being seen as his response to those trolling him for firing nearly half of the company’s 7,500 string workforce since he took it over in a $44 billion deal.
This comes two days after Musk sacked a Twitter employee via a tweet as he contested the new CEO's remark on the microblogging site being slow on Android devices. The billionaire, however, deleted the tweet later. Reports suggest several other engineers too have fired been let go after they raised similar concerns over Slack.
Also Read: Twitter, Meta mass layoffs: What the Indian law says about severance package, notice period and more
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