Elon Musk’s Behavior Criticism on Twitter, Several SpaceX Employees Fired

WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Company SpaceX fired a number of its employees over a critical letter Elon Musk.

These employees are the ones who wrote the letter criticizing Musk, as reported by AFPFriday (17/6/2022).

The dismissal was confirmed by SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell to AFP through email on Thursday (16/6/2022) evening local time.

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Shotwell said a small group of employees asked their colleagues for signatures to show support for the letter and participation in the survey.

AFP reported that Musk often uses Twitter to communicate, which sometimes offends some parties.

In emailShotwell said that some workers felt uncomfortable, intimidated, intimidated and/or angry that the letter pressured them to sign something that did not reflect their views.

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“We have too much important work to do and there is no need for this kind of excessive activism,” Shotwell said.

He added that after conducting an investigation, the company terminated a number of employees involved.

However, he did not mention how many employees were fired.

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The letter of criticism was first reported by the website The Verge.

The letter criticized Musk’s public behavior, as well as recent allegations of sexual harassment against him, as a source of annoyance and embarrassment to them.

“As our most prominent CEO and spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX. Every tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company,” the letter reads.

In addition to being the CEO of SpaceX, Musk is also the CEO of Tesla.

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