SpaceX fired employees involved in crafting a letter critical of Elon Musk.
, saying the company retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment and gender discrimination.report and his then-still-pending Twitter takeover with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, on May 20th,Elon’s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us,” SpaceX employees subsequently wrote in their open letter.
That elicited swift backlash from company leadership. “We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism,”to staff shortly after the letter circulated. “We performed an investigation and have terminated a number of employees involved.” After firing five employees who were involved in writing the letter, SpaceX held a heated meeting in which vice president Jon Edwards told employees, “SpaceX is Elon and Elon is SpaceX,” according toFiring employees involved in writing the letter likely violated US labor law,
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