<story><title>Haraldur Þorleifsson sweeps person of the year awards</title><url>https://www.icelandreview.com/news/haraldur-thorleifsson-sweeps-person-of-the-year-awards/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>doomleika</author><text>Copying my post from other thread:&lt;p&gt;Feels more like to gut Musk. Dude had a firm aquired to Twitter in &amp;#x27;21. and is one of largest tax entity in Iceland. He got Musk saying he&amp;#x27;s terminated due to disability[1].&lt;p&gt;He deliberately asked HR repeatly that his JD is correct and his manager if he’s doing the task he was assigned while he was employed[2]. No one will ever do this unless he’s preparing for lawsuits.&lt;p&gt;He’s likely to be in the period of his acquisitions and termination like this gonna be very expensive&lt;p&gt;Dude is out for blood and Musk falls for it. It&amp;#x27;s going to be a very expensive tweet for Musk.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;stevanzetti&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633096176219160584&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;stevanzetti&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633096176219160584&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;iamharaldur&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633082731172069379&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;iamharaldur&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633082731172069379&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>300bps</author><text>Musk did not say he was terminated due to disability. The link you provided as evidence states:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Musk claims Þorleifsson did no actual work using his disability as a reason for why no actual work was being done.&lt;p&gt;Laws vary country to country and even state to state in the U.S. Generally speaking in the U.S., the ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees. The ADA is a great thing that allows people of varying abilities to contribute tremendously to society.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t complete protection for employees though. A blind person is not likely to be hired as an air traffic controller, for example. And they&amp;#x27;re not likely to be retained if they were an air traffic controller and developed blindness.</text></comment>
<story><title>Haraldur Þorleifsson sweeps person of the year awards</title><url>https://www.icelandreview.com/news/haraldur-thorleifsson-sweeps-person-of-the-year-awards/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>doomleika</author><text>Copying my post from other thread:&lt;p&gt;Feels more like to gut Musk. Dude had a firm aquired to Twitter in &amp;#x27;21. and is one of largest tax entity in Iceland. He got Musk saying he&amp;#x27;s terminated due to disability[1].&lt;p&gt;He deliberately asked HR repeatly that his JD is correct and his manager if he’s doing the task he was assigned while he was employed[2]. No one will ever do this unless he’s preparing for lawsuits.&lt;p&gt;He’s likely to be in the period of his acquisitions and termination like this gonna be very expensive&lt;p&gt;Dude is out for blood and Musk falls for it. It&amp;#x27;s going to be a very expensive tweet for Musk.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;stevanzetti&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633096176219160584&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;stevanzetti&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633096176219160584&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;iamharaldur&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633082731172069379&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;iamharaldur&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1633082731172069379&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>polygamous_bat</author><text>&amp;gt; Dude is out for blood and Musk falls for it.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, that is not necessarily the case. I&amp;#x27;ve known the experience of a few people experiencing disability over my time, and discrimination is so shockingly common that you learn to keep a record of everything just to survive in your job.</text></comment>