Twitter employees sue company, claiming it refuses to pay 2022 bonuses

A Twitter logo hangs outside the company’s offices in San Francisco. Current and former employees filed a lawsuit against Twitter on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, over bonuses they say the social media company failed to pay despite promises it would. — AP

Twitter Inc employees sued the social media company claiming it refuses to pay 2022 bonuses, despite promises that they would be paid out at 50% of their target amounts.

Twitter has a cash performance bonus plan that is paid out annually and in the months leading up to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company in October, executives, including former chief financial officer Ned Segal, said the bonuses would be paid, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court.