Elon Musk publicly trolled a Twitter employee who wanted to know if they still had their job: 'What work have you been doing?'

• Elon Musk publicly trolled a Twitter employee who wanted to know if they still had their job.
• He told the employee to justify their work, posted laughing emojis and memes when they answered.
• The employee later confirmed he was laid off, but doesn't know if he'll be paid severance per his contract.

On Tuesday, Elon Musk engaged in an online spat with a Twitter employee who wanted to find out if they'd been laid off.

Haraldur Thorleifsson, who uses the Twitter handle @iamharaldur, tweeted at Musk on Monday evening saying he lost his laptop access nine days prior and did not know if he was still employed.