Ex-employees sue SpaceX over wrongful termination and 'Animal House' style work environrment
13 June 2024, 11:12 AM IST
New York: Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, is being sued by eight former employees who claimed that Musk fired them for raising concerns about widespread sexual harassment and an unfriendly work climate akin to an "Animal House" at the firm.
The employees released a 2022 open letter to management over the company intranet, outlining their grievances, and then went on to launch a lawsuit in a state court in California. Four of the claimants claimed to have been dismissed the next day, while others were let go following an internal investigation.
Based on concerns expressed by nine dismissed employees, the federal National Labour Relations Board filed a complaint against SpaceX in January.
In addition to addressing other workplace issues, the open letter urged executives to hold all staff members accountable for inappropriate behaviour and to denounce Musk's public actions on X. Among Musk's acts were mocking accusations of sexual harassment directed at him, which the billionaire denied.
"As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX — every tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company," the open letter said at the time. The letter also referred to Musk's actions as a "frequent source of distraction and embarrassment."
The plaintiffs are requesting an undisclosed amount of money in damages.
The allegation highlighted comparisons between SpaceX's workplace culture and Musk's actions, particularly his lewd tweets. According to the report, Yaman Abdulhak, one of the plaintiffs, saw that a significant number of the incorrect examples given in a 2021 staff training session on "appropriate behaviour" "closely resembled the contents of Musk's tweets." The lawsuit said that Abdulhak forwarded instances of those tweets to the director of human resources at SpaceX, but that director did nothing.
A request for comment via email was not immediately answered by SpaceX.
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13 June 2024, 11:12 AM IST
New York: Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, is being sued by eight former employees who claimed that Musk fired them for raising concerns about widespread sexual harassment and an unfriendly work climate akin to an "Animal House" at the firm.
The employees released a 2022 open letter to management over the company intranet, outlining their grievances, and then went on to launch a lawsuit in a state court in California. Four of the claimants claimed to have been dismissed the next day, while others were let go following an internal investigation.
Based on concerns expressed by nine dismissed employees, the federal National Labour Relations Board filed a complaint against SpaceX in January.
In addition to addressing other workplace issues, the open letter urged executives to hold all staff members accountable for inappropriate behaviour and to denounce Musk's public actions on X. Among Musk's acts were mocking accusations of sexual harassment directed at him, which the billionaire denied.
"As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX — every tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company," the open letter said at the time. The letter also referred to Musk's actions as a "frequent source of distraction and embarrassment."
The plaintiffs are requesting an undisclosed amount of money in damages.
The allegation highlighted comparisons between SpaceX's workplace culture and Musk's actions, particularly his lewd tweets. According to the report, Yaman Abdulhak, one of the plaintiffs, saw that a significant number of the incorrect examples given in a 2021 staff training session on "appropriate behaviour" "closely resembled the contents of Musk's tweets." The lawsuit said that Abdulhak forwarded instances of those tweets to the director of human resources at SpaceX, but that director did nothing.
A request for comment via email was not immediately answered by SpaceX.
Ex-employees sue SpaceX over wrongful termination and 'Animal House' style work environrment
New York: Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, is being sued by eight former employees who claimed that Musk fired them for raising concerns about widespread sexual harassment and an unfriendly work climate akin to an "Animal House" at the firm. The employees
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Judge still going to block it.
