SpaceX fires workers who criticized Elon Musk conduct: Report

Several SpaceX workers had been fired for his or her open criticism of CEO Elon Musk's public persona, in keeping with a report.

A number of workers who had been concerned in writing a letter criticizing Musk for his actions within the "public sphere" had been fired hours after reviews of the letter emerged on Thursday, in keeping with a New York Instances report revealed Friday.

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"The letter, solicitations, and common course of made workers really feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or indignant as a result of the letter pressured them to signal onto one thing that didn't replicate their views," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell mentioned in emails considered by the outlet. "We've got an excessive amount of important work to perform and no want for this sort of overreaching activism."

“Blanketing 1000's of individuals throughout the corporate with repeated unsolicited emails and asking them to signal letters and fill out unsponsored surveys in the course of the work day is just not acceptable," Shotwell continued. “Please keep targeted on the SpaceX mission, and use your time to do your finest work. That is how we are going to get to Mars.”

It's unclear what number of workers had been fired.

The letter criticized Musk for being a "frequent supply of distraction and embarrassment for us." Musk's latest messaging on Twitter and elsewhere "doesn't replicate our work, our mission, or our values," the authors argued, asking SpaceX's management to handle Musk's violations of its "no a**holes" coverage.

The corporate paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle sexual misconduct allegations towards Musk, in keeping with reviews final month. Musk denied these claims as an "totally unfaithful" try and cease his acquisition of Twitter.

Musk's Twitter conduct has been some extent of pressure prior to now. Whereas the billionaire has used his account to cease folks from threatening different accounts, he has additionally shared controversial tweets and memes, a few of which had the ability to maneuver markets.

SpaceX didn't reply to a request for remark from the Washington Examiner.