Misleading headline on the story, but…

«Suzanne Summerlin, a labor attorney, summed things up: “These firings they’re conducting without following the law will result in hundreds of thousands of former federal employees being owed back pay, plus interest, plus benefits, plus attorney fees,” she said. “When the bill comes it will be monumental.”»

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/techscape-elon-musk-skype

Good job, Elmo.

«“Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer representing former [Twitter] employees in arbitrations, wrote in the memo that the 20 cases she’s won so far have cost the company at least twice the amount of contested severance pay because the awards have also included interest, arbitration expenses and legal fees. She’s representing more than 2,000 former employees in legal fights against Musk.”»

Brilliant! “Cost-cutting,” right.