Elon Musk Apologizes After Mocking , Laid-Off, Disabled Twitter Employee.<br />Associated Press reports that Haraldur Thorleifsson began working for Twitter in 2021 when his startup, Ueno, was acquired by the company.<br />On March 5, Throleifsson, who lives in Iceland, signed on to his computer to work.<br />But he and about 200 other people were locked out of the system.<br />Considering the recent mass layoffs at Twitter, Thorleifsson questioned whether he still had a job.<br />He reached out to the appropriate <br />channels to see if he was still employed <br />but didn't hear back for nine days.<br />So he decided to tweet Twitter CEO <br />Elon Musk to see if he could get an answer.<br />Musk went on to question Thorleifsson about his role at Twitter and his disability. .<br />Musk then accused Thorleifsson <br />of just trying to "get a big payout.".<br />Thorleifsson said he received an email amid the Twitter exchange that he had been let go.<br />But on March 7, Musk issued a public apology
