In U.S. law there are generally speaking, two types of bonuses.

Non-Discretionary - A.K.A any bonus that doesn't take into account discretion on part of management and higher. This is usually for bonuses that apply as an "incentive" and have requirements to achieve. Think sales targets for sales teams, on-call incentive structures, and more. This type of bonus is actually considered part of your wage.

Discretionary - A.K.A. any bonus that is paid at the discretion of company ownership. Notably these are bonuses that are not typically communicated in advance, and thus an employee wouldn't know to expect them. They might still expect them from "tradition", but if the only time you ever know about a holiday bonus is when it arrives, it's likely Discretionary. These bonuses aren't guaranteed by anyone - and an employer can indeed to choose not to pay these types of bonuses.

It seems that Twitter failed to pay a non-discretionary bonus and there's a large paper trail of incentives given to employees for this bonus. I really hope the DOL makes an example of them on this case.

Musk screwing his workers over? Must be a day that ends in Y.

Huffman looked at this clown and said "I want to be like him!"

Tesla FSD is generally being regarded as a joke, Twitter is being flooded by dozens (or maybe even more) lawsuits for nonpayment - it seems like maybe Neuralink/SpaceX are his only businesses that aren't doomed at this point?

Who could have EVER seen this coming?!?!

Anyone who thinks he’d have a heart is delusional.

(This posted three times, my fault)

u/spez and Musk are cut from the same cloth. Greedy and entitled. Twitter and Reddit are gonna burn so hard and i'm here for all of this! :P

My question is: Why? When he was just focused on spaceX and Tesla very few times I would hear about this behavior (I might just live under a rock). But now that he is focused on Twitter it's like he decided to be a piece of shit even more.