SpaceX Fires Employees After They Criticized Elon Musk
Since Elon Musk teased the idea of buying Twitter and began the process of going through with it, many people, including Twitter and Tesla enthusiasts, have been critical of the business move. Employees of SpaceX have been among those voicing such displeasure with Musk's recent ventures as some drafted a letter criticizing the SpaceX CEO.
The SpaceX employee letter asking for more repercussions for CEO Elon Musk and his regularly divisive tweets was first reported on by The Verge, and it didn't take long for others outside the company to learn of its contents. The letter primarily discussed the negative attention that SpaceX is receiving as the result of Musk's public behavior, and it specifies his Twitter account as a source of much of the employee frustration. Although the open letter cites SpaceX policy in its rationale for requesting drastic action, PC Gamer has reported that the company has fired the employees who criticized Elon Musk.
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According to SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell, the SpaceX employee letter criticizing Elon Musk upset many other workers who felt «uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry» because of it. Shotwell and SpaceX aggregated employee feedback from a diverse range of workers in trying to decide what action to take to come to the conclusion to fire a number of employees that has yet to be confirmed but seems to be five or more individuals. Beyond explaining the pressure some SpaceX employees felt as a result of this open letter about Elon Musk, Shotwell also mentioned multiple projects that are consuming the time of most workers and emphasized internal resources employees should use if they have concerns about
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