Having been fired during the massive layoff at Twitter, two ex-employees are suing the company alleging that women were targeted during the cuts last November.
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According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco, 57% of women were fired compared to 47% of men when the web giant was taken over by multi-billionaire Elon Musk, The Guardian reported.
Recall that nearly half of the employees of the platform, or regarding 3,700 people, were then thanked.
However, the disparity is even more eloquent in engineering roles, where 63% of women lost their jobs compared to 48% of men, the court document estimated.
The lawsuit thus accuses the company of violating federal and Californian legislation which prohibits gender discrimination in the workplace.
Regardless of their talent or their contribution, the women had “targets behind their backs” when Elon Musk bought the company, said prosecutors’ attorney Shannon Liss-Riodan.
Other employees are also suing the company, alleging that it forced the departure of disabled workers by imposing an abrupt return-to-work policy, including firing contractors without the prior notice required by law and without compensation. .
