马斯克向因网络纠纷被解雇的推特员工道歉

Halli Thorleifsson

哈利·索莱夫森

Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has apologised over an exchange he had on the platform with an employee.

推特首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）就他在平台上与一名员工的交流道歉。

It came after worker Halli Thorleifsson tweeted to Mr Musk saying: "Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not".

此前，工人哈里·索莱夫森（Halli Thorlefsson）在推特上向马斯克表示：“你的人力资源主管无法确认我是否被录用”。

Mr Musk responded by asking: "What work have you been doing?"

马斯克先生回答说：“你一直在做什么工作？”

After a series of follow up questions and answers Mr Thorleifsson said he received an email confirming that he had been fired.

在一系列后续问题和答案之后，Thorleifsson先生表示，他收到了一封确认自己被解雇的电子邮件。

Mr Musk followed that Twitter conversation with a tweet on Tuesday describing Mr Thorleifsson as "the worst" before deleting it.

马斯克周二在推特上发表推文，称索莱夫森是“最糟糕的”，随后删除了推特。

But in an apparent change of heart, Mr Musk took to the platform a few hours later to apologise - and appeared to offer Mr Thorleifsson his job back.

但马斯克显然改变了主意，几小时后他在平台上道歉，并似乎又向索莱夫森先生提供了工作。

"I would like to apologise to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful."

“我想向哈利道歉，因为我误解了他的处境。这是基于我被告知的不真实的事情，或者在某些情况下是真实的，但没有意义。”

"He is considering remaining at Twitter," he added.

“他正在考虑留在Twitter，”他补充道。

Elon Musk's deleted tweet

埃隆·马斯克被删除的推文

On Monday, Mr Thorleifsson told the BBC exclusively that he could not get an answer from Twitter's human resources department on whether or not he had been sacked.

周一，Thorleifsson先生独家告诉BBC，他无法从Twitter的人力资源部门得到关于他是否被解雇的答案。

"My theory is they made a mistake and are now looking for anything they can find to make this a "for cause" firing to avoid having to fulfil their contractual obligations," he said.

他说：“我的理论是，他们犯了一个错误。现在他们正在寻找他们能找到的任何东西，以使这成为“有理由”解雇，以避免履行合同义务。”。

Mr Thorleifsson, who sold his creative agency Ueno to Twitter in 2021, did not want to say how much he was paid for the company. However, there is speculation that Twitter would have to pay him a considerable amount upon his departure from the firm.

Thorleifsson先生于2021将他的创意机构上野（Ueno）出售给推特，但他不想透露自己为该公司支付了多少钱。然而，有人猜测，推特将在他离开公司后支付给他一笔可观的款项。

Mr Thorleifsson has muscular dystrophy and has campaigned in Iceland for better wheelchair access.

Thorleifsson先生患有肌肉萎缩症，并在冰岛为改善轮椅交通而进行了运动。

According to local reports, when he sold his company to Twitter he structured the deal deliberately to pay a high rate of tax to the Icelandic government.

据当地报道，当他将自己的公司卖给推特时，他有意安排这笔交易在冰岛，以向冰岛政府支付高税率。

Last year, he was voted person of the year in Iceland by four media outlets.

去年，他被四家媒体评选为冰岛年度人物。

Some of Mr Thorleifsson's former colleagues could not understand why he had been singled out for such public criticism.

索莱夫森先生的一些前同事无法理解为什么他会被挑出来接受这样的公开批评。

Photographer Daniel Houghton tweeted "As someone who has worked directly with Halli Thorleifsson during a turnaround, this is super disappointing to see. Not only is his work ethic next level, his talent and humility are world class."

摄影师丹尼尔·霍顿在推特上写道：“作为一个在转机期间直接与哈里·索莱夫森（Halli Thorleifsson）合作的人，这让人非常失望。不仅他的职业道德更上一层楼，他的才华和谦逊也是世界级的。”

Mr Musk replied: "Based on your comment, I just did a video call with Halli to figure out what's real vs what I was told. It's a long story. Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet."

马斯克回答道：“根据你的评论，我刚刚与哈利进行了一次视频通话，以了解什么是真实的，什么是我被告知的。这是一个很长的故事。与其通过推特交流，不如与他当面交谈。”

After apologising, Mr Musk said that Mr Thorleifsson was considering coming back to Twitter. The BBC has not spoken to Mr Thorleifsson since Mr Musk's apology.

马斯克在道歉后表示，索莱夫森正在考虑重返推特。自从马斯克道歉后，英国广播公司一直没有与索莱夫森先生通话。

Mr Thorleifsson had previously told the BBC the situation was "strange" and "extremely stressful".

索莱夫森先生此前曾告诉BBC，情况“奇怪”，“压力极大”。

The BBC has asked Twitter for further comment but the company did not immediately respond.

英国广播公司（BBC）已要求推特进一步置评，但该公司没有立即回应。