Elon Musk’s alleged penchant for not paying bills is catching up with him. In the wake of numerous lawsuits claiming the world’s richest man failed to pay severance owed to many of the 6,000 employees he fired after acquiring Twitter. On Monday, CNBC reported that the tech company now known as X is facing some 2,200 arbitration cases filed by ex-employees, which come with $3.5 million in required fees—an amount that doesn’t even include the actual severance owed to those Musk let go.

In October, shortly after taking Twitter’s reins, Musk laid off more than half of its employees, promising most at least two months’ salary plus a week’s pay for every year they’d worked at the firm. Thousands claim that they haven’t received a single dime, and ex-employees have since filed several lawsuits seeking their promised benefits.

  • Orbituary
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    -210 months ago

    Tell that to the Canadian, Ted Cruz.

    • @dmonzel
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      1710 months ago

      As unfortunate as it is, he is still a natural citizen thanks to who his parents are.

      • BigFig
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        110 months ago

        I’m sure he wouldn’t mind publicly releasing his long form birth certificate?