San Francisco officials are investigating if Elon Musk's 'Twitter Hotel' plan broke laws
The Hindu
San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees allege that owner Elon Musk’s leadership team broke laws in turning the company’s headquarters into a “Twitter Hotel”
San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees allege that owner Elon Musk’s leadership team broke laws by turning the company’s headquarters into a “Twitter Hotel” for workers who were pushed to stay up late to transform the social media platform.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said on May 19 that it has opened a new complaint and will be conducting an investigation into the new allegations.
Also read: You may lose your Twitter account if you do not log in at least once every month
The San Francisco Chronicle earlier reported on the city’s latest investigation into the company that Mr. Musk took over late last year.
That’s after the ex-employees, including a former vice-president of real estate, alleged in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Delaware that Twitter didn’t pay them promised severance. Twitter is seeking to have the case dismissed.
The ex-workers also allege that Mr. Musk’s team ordered numerous changes to the company’s headquarters in a 1930s Art Deco building in downtown San Francisco that violated building codes. Those changes included disabling lights and adding locks that wouldn’t open during an emergency, according to the lawsuit.
One of the plaintiffs is Tracy Hawkins, Twitter’s former vice-president of real estate and workplace, who was responsible for managing the company’s physical offices and leases. The lawsuit says Ms. Hawkins wasn’t initially opposed to Mr. Musk’s takeover but “was forced to resign when Elon Musk and his transition team insisted that she violate her professional ethics by causing Twitter to intentionally breach its leases and other contracts”. The lawsuit claims Mr. Musk refused to pay rent on the building.
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