To add context to point 1, they said they'd repeatedly reached out to Twitter HR multiple times and contacted multiple people but they couldn't get any answers on if they were still hired or being paid so decided to publicly reach out. I assume HR couldn't give answers because it's probably running on fumes with a skeleton team

Except they weren't on payroll, as they weren't being paid.

That’s a very odd way to look at it. Seems like he’s been trying to find out whether he’s been fired for nearly 10 days, and as a last ditch attempt contacted Musk, and was quite courteous about it until Musk decided to suggest he was let go for being lazy (and also seemed to think “Figma” was a joke like Bofa/Ligma).

Very odd…

> 2. Chose to make a donation to the government by taking payment in cash instead of stock.

Is this supposed to be somehow bad? Seems like clearly a pro-social thing to say

> You know what? I'm doing well enough. I want to contribute back to my society in the same proportion and democratic manner as the people who work under me.

> 1. Called out their boss (Elon, of all people) publicly on Twitter instead of quietly remaining on payroll.

It's not exactly known if he actually still is on Twitter's payroll. Besides even if he still were, it keeps him from pursuing actual productive work, alone from non-compete clauses.

What is the relevance of #2?

Do you think those things are good or bad?