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A Twitter employee who was fired when she was six months pregnant said there was “definitely discrimination here”.
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Shenan Lu, Director of Data Science, worked at Meta before joining Twitter in January.
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She said she would “fight” and directed the “See you in court” tweet to her former employer.
A Twitter employee, six months pregnant, said she was among the thousands who were laid off and believes “discrimination” was involved in the decision to fire her.
Shennan Lu served as Director of Data Science at Meta before joining Twitter in the same position in January.
She tweeted on Friday: “My Twitter journey is over, I have been laid off and I’m 6 months pregnant. It’s been a pleasure working with all of you. I am so grateful to lead such an amazing team. DS Team, it’s been a fun ride.” #LoveWhereYouWorked.“
“There’s definitely a distinction here. So I’m going to fight back. My performance has continued to advance (top 30%) in the past quarters, and I know for a fact that other male managers haven’t earned that rating, they’ve stayed.” Lu . addedbefore signing: “See you in court.”
Lou isn’t the only pregnant woman affected by Elon Musk’s decision to cut as much as half of Twitter’s workforce. that Eight months pregnant woman realized She was also left after her laptop at work shut down Thursday night.
Five former employees It has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the proposed layoff violates California and federal law.
The lawsuit asks the court to make Twitter adhere to Warning Law and prevent it from requiring employees to waive their right to participate in litigation.
Twitter did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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