SpaceX employees wrote a letter to criticize Musk's image of damage to the company, and was fired a few days later

Jimu News reporter Huang Jiaqi

According to the Guardian reported on June 17, several employees of SpaceX wrote and disseminated an open letter criticized boss Elon Musk, and called on executives to make the company's work culture more tolerant and be fired a few days later.

Musk (Picture Source: Guardian))

The letter claimed that Musk's public behavior and the remarks on Twitter were "often distracted and embarrassed."

For a long time, Musk is keen to make various remarks on Twitter, and sometimes rude jokes or quarrel with others, often aroused heated discussions. In recent months, Musk frequently appeared in the news headlines due to seeking acquisition of Twitter, criticizing the Democratic Party, and being accused of sexual harassment, and he also appeared in a comedy program.

This letter required SpaceX's management to "publicly condemn Musk to publish information on the company's image on Twitter" and "the company's leadership should bear the responsibility of protecting the company's image." The letter lists the requirements: "SpaceX must be distinguished by Musk's personal brand quickly."

The letter also stated: "Let all leaders take responsibility equally, make SpaceX a great place to work for everyone", and "define and unify all unacceptable behaviors."

According to a person familiar with the matter, this open letter from SpaceX was drafted by the company's employees in recent weeks, and shared in an internal group chat that brings together thousands of employees in the form of attachments.

The New York Times reported that SpaceX fired many employees related to this letter, but it was unclear how many people were fired.

SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwennis Schottovir confirmed that the company has investigated and fired many employees related to this letter.

Sexwell said that the employees who wrote and transmitted the letter were fired because this letter forced other employees to sign the signature on some letters that could not reflect their views, so that other employees felt "uncomfortable, scared, being being being caught Bullying, or anger. " "We have too many important tasks to be completed, and we don't need this excessive action."

Musk, the world's richest man, is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. He is currently seeking to acquire Twitter for $ 44 billion and clearly stated that he should be more freely controlled by the website.

He once said that as long as the content is not illegal, Twitter should allow "very outrageous things and remarks."

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