SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter|SpaceX fires some employees behind letter denouncing Elon Musk's behavior: reports

 

Elon Musk's SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter

SpaceX fires some employees behind letter denouncing Elon Musk's behavior: reports

A private rocket company, SpaceX, laid off at least five employees after it was discovered that they were preparing and distributing a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the company's culture more inclusive, two people familiar with the matter said.
SpaceX did not respond immediately to a comment request.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that SpaceX had fired employees in connection with the letter, referring to three employees who knew about the situation. She did not specify the number of employees.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell emailed the company investigating and terminating "several employees involved" in the letter, the New York Times said. The newspaper said Shotwell's e-mail stated that the staff involved in sending the letter had been fired because other employees felt "uncomfortable, frightened and oppressed and / or angry because the letter forced them to do something", suggesting that their views were not reflected.

Reuters could not independently confirm the report.

Billionaire Musk has offered $ 44 billion to Twitter and said he supports more free voice control on the web. He told Twitter staff on Thursday that the platform should allow "offensive goods" if the content is not illegal.

SpaceX's letter, "an open letter to SpaceX executives" seen by Reuters, called Musk a "disgrace and a disgrace" to the company he founded.

The list of three requirements is "SpaceX must quickly and clearly separate from Elon's personal brand," "All management has the same responsibility for production at SpaceX, which is a great place to work for everyone," and "define and respond to all forms equally." unacceptable behavior ’.

Musk, also chief electric car manufacturer Tesla Inc. (TSLA. An open letter from SpaceX, first reported by The Verge, was designed in recent weeks by SpaceX staff and shared as a reference to an internal "Moral Boosters" discussion group of thousands of employees, someone familiar with the case said. not specified.

Musk, also the company's chief engineer, is seen as central to many of SpaceX's significant achievements, such as pioneering the reuse of orbital missile boosters and a return to normal flight. . .

Founded by Musk in 2002, SpaceX plays a key role in the US space program and becomes the only company capable of launching NASA astronauts into space from the US and plans to send people to the moon for a space agency in the coming decades.