That there is high compensation attached to this job is unrelated to the principal of firing an employee on family leave.
Companies are having to hold the line on what we value in this country, as legislation from environmental to health is not keeping up.
Twitter is specifically of note because the CEO recently had a child and rightfully took paid leave himself.
Whatever your personal opinions are on Elon Musk, he is very influential.
The man has six children and a varying track record on how he has communicated his views and personal use of parental leave and the role of the father following the birth of a child.
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/59806585473604403...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/12/elon-m...
The culture and policy Twitter matters. It doesn’t matter if the individual experience is that a janitor or senior management.