ED O'KEEFE: Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan represents more than 2,000 cautionary tales, former employees of Twitter, now X, owned by Musk. When you first saw him offer a fork in the road to federal employees, after everything that went on at X, what did you think?
SHANNON LISS-RIORDAN: Oh, my god, he couldn't even come up with a new subject line?
O'KEEFE: Musk offered an early exit to Twitter employees in 2022: quit and accept three months of severance, or stay employed. Nearly 70% of the company opted to quit. Most of Liss-Riordan's clients, including some who were laid off or fired, are fighting for severance payments they claim they are owed, which X denies.
UNDERCOVER FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEE: We were essentially lied to, you know, we did not get what we were promised, and it left me in a terrible financial space.
O'KEEFE: One of those clients is this former employee, fearful of retribution.
The situation left you homeless.
UNDERCOVER FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEE: It did, yes.
O'KEEFE: How do you explain that to your child?
UNDERCOVER FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEE: It was very hard to explain my child because he thought Elon Musk was a pretty cool guy.
O'KEEFE: Would you have taken the deferred resignation plan offered by Musk to federal workers?
UNDERCOVER FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEE: Based on what I have gone through, I would be immediately looking for new work and not trusting any of that.
