SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company.
ByIn a lawsuit, former SpaceX employees claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment.
The eight former employees were involved in writing a 2022 open letter criticizing Musk and urging SpaceX executives to make the firm's culture more inclusive. The letter, which was signed by at least 400 other employees, asked SpaceX management to make it clear that Musk's statements - particularly on Twitter - did not reflect the views or values of the company and asserted that SpaceX's so-called "No A**hole" policy was unevenly enforced.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit. SpaceX does not typically respond to queries from news organizations. In response to the 2022 letter, SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell previously said she would enforce SpaceX's "zero tolerance" standards against employee harassment, but the The New York Times reported that she said the employees had been fired for making other staff feel "uncomfortable.
One former employee who filed an NLRB complaint and is a plaintiff in the Wednesday lawsuit, Tom Moline, previously told CNN that SpaceX management used an "'ends justifies the means' philosophy to turn a blind eye to the ongoing mistreatment, harassment, and abuse reported by my colleagues, much of which was directly encouraged and inspired by the words and actions of the CEO."
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