Former X Director Rebuked Over Possible Perjury on Bonuses (1)

A San Francisco federal judge reprimanded a former Twitter employee who is suing the social media company for failing to pay him a bonus even though he allegedly recommended the company not pay the bonuses.

Judge Vince Chhabria at a Thursday hearing questioned whether Mark Schobinger, Twitter’s former senior director of compensation now suing the company, had committed perjury in his deposition.

Twitter, now X Corp., had unearthed emails and messages showing that Schobinger, who seeks to represent a class of former employees who lost their bonuses, had actually advocated to the company’s new owner Elon Musk that the 2022 ...