Remember the SpaceX Employees that Signed an Open Letter Complaining about Elon Musk?

[Bill]

There's a new word to describe them: Unemployed.




https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/2...usk-complaints

SpaceX has fired a number of employees who wrote and shared a letter criticizing the behavior of CEO Elon Musk, with the company’s president criticizing the letter as “overreaching activism.”

The open letter, first reported by The Verge, described Musk’s behavior as “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks.” It cites SpaceX’s “No Asshole” policy and asks the company to “publicly address and condemn Elon’s harmful Twitter behavior.”

Said the letter writers: “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. It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values.”
"The open letter said Musk’s erratic behavior was an “embarrassment” for SpaceX"

A number of the letter’s drafters were fired Thursday afternoon, according to an email sent by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and seen by The Verge. News of the firing was first reported by The New York Times.

In the email, Shotwell said SpaceX had “terminated a number of employees involved” in crafting the letter. “The letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views,” wrote Shotwell. “We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism.”

One employee who had input in writing the letter, who asked to remain anonymous, argued that the general sentiment among other employees is that Shotwell’s email is “tone deaf.” The employee claimed that the letter was the result of a “month of dedicated hard work and soliciting feedback to try and make sure we got as much input as possible.”

We’ve reached out to SpaceX for comment and will update this story if we hear back.

Musk has long been a volatile figure, but since his proposed acquisition of Twitter in April — a $44 billion deal that yet to be finalized — his behavior has attracted even more attention. Last month, Insider reported that SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250,000 after Musk allegedly exposed himself to her and propositioned her. Musk later joked about the incident on Twitter, telling another user “if you touch my wiener, you can have a horse.”

You can read Shotwell’s email to the company below:

You may have received an unsolicited request from a small group of SpaceX employees for your signature on an “open letter” yesterday and your participation in a related survey. Based on diverse employee feedback, this has upset many. That is, the letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views. Employees also complained that it interfered with their ability to focus on and do their work. We have 3 launches within 37 hours for critical satellites this weekend, we have to support the astronauts we delivered to the ISS and get cargo Dragon back to the flight-ready, and after receiving environmental approval early this week, we are on the cusp of the first orbital launch attempt of Starship. We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism — our current leadership team is more dedicated to ensuring we have a great and ever-improving work environment than any I have seen in my 35-years career.

We solicit and expect our employees to report all concerns to their leadership, senior management, HR, or Legal. But blanketing thousands of people across the company with repeated unsolicited emails and asking them to sign letters and fill out unsponsored surveys during the work day is unacceptable, goes against our documented handbook policy, and does not show the strong judgement needed to work in this very challenging space transportation sector. We performed an investigation and have terminated a number of employees involved.

I am sorry for this distraction. Please stay focused on the SpaceX mission, and use your time at work to do your best work. This is how we will get to Mars.

Update Friday 17 June, 4:20AM: The story has been updated with Shotwell’s full letter.

Suck it, snowflakes.

[ToolMaker]

Good luck to these jokers.
It's not a very flattering statement on their resume!

[Rodnok1]

Cliffs...

[IB4TL]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Cliffs...

Give the boss a hard time and you'll lose your job.

This was a new concept for a few morons.

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by IB4TL

Give the boss a hard time and you'll lose your job.

This was a new concept for a few morons.

Those idiots believe the were entitled.

Now they see how impotent they are when their standing in an unemployment line…

Working at a company is like going to Vegas, the house or management always win.

[DJ_Critterus]

All woke employees at every company need to be shit canned.

[sublime1996525]

Ha!

[Aerovette]

Google will scoop them up.

[Iron Chef]

Fantastic. This should happen at every corporation. It boggles my mind how arrogant and short-sighted people can be. Did they REALLY think that giving the proverbial finger to the CEO (and richest man in the world) came without consequences?

There are some HR policies where I'm working that I don't agree with, but overall it's a good place to work, I'm well paid and treated fairly. So I keep my mouth shut and have this shit-eating grin once a week. It's really not that difficult.

Originally Posted by aerovette

Google will scoop them up.

No no no....BLM, Antifa, Stephen Colbert and George Soros will start sending them money to make their house payments, raise their children and buy groceries.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Tech CEO tells “triggered” employees that they should leave company. Offers 4 months pay to just GTFO if you can’t live in our culture

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tech-c...yees-severance

A tech company CEO said Friday on "Fox & Friends" he decided to offer "triggered" employees an opportunity to leave the crypto trading company with four months of pay.

Kraken*CEO*Jesse Powell told host Ainsley Earhardt he wanted to restore his company's culture and avoid distractions, adding some employees felt it was better if they "just moved on.”
There was a huge amount of support for this move, huge amount of support for the company's culture and mission and the reinforcement of those. And, I think everyone's just ready to get back to work and stop being distracted," said Powell, adding a small number of employees were "creating distractions for the whole company."

Powell went on to clarify that his company had not been polluted with "anti-woke" culture for an entire decade, and it was not until the crypto boom that staff was hired who did not align with their original mission. He said about 30 employees took the offer of four months severance out of more than 3,000 staff members.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Cliffs...

Dis the boss,
You get tossed

[theandies]

What a bunch of idiots.

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Cliffs...

Bad mouth the employer putting food on your table, get shit-canned.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

All woke employees at every company need to be shit canned.

Stupid move in a Right To Work state

[snide]

Originally Posted by 99 pewtercoupe

Tech CEO tells “triggered” employees that they should leave company. Offers 4 months pay to just GTFO if you can’t live in our culture

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tech-c...yees-severance

A tech company CEO said Friday on "Fox & Friends" he decided to offer "triggered" employees an opportunity to leave the crypto trading company with four months of pay.

Kraken*CEO*Jesse Powell told host Ainsley Earhardt he wanted to restore his company's culture and avoid distractions, adding some employees felt it was better if they "just moved on.”
There was a huge amount of support for this move, huge amount of support for the company's culture and mission and the reinforcement of those. And, I think everyone's just ready to get back to work and stop being distracted," said Powell, adding a small number of employees were "creating distractions for the whole company."

Powell went on to clarify that his company had not been polluted with "anti-woke" culture for an entire decade, and it was not until the crypto boom that staff was hired who did not align with their original mission. He said about 30 employees took the offer of four months severance out of more than 3,000 staff members.

So, what I'm reading is, the 1%ers are douchebags. Got it.

[RHunt]

bet those, cough, people just luv'd Trump.

[69L46]

Oh well. Bet they'll think twice at the next gig.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by 69L46

Oh well. Bet they'll think twice at the next gig.

Have you done anything stupid lately?

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by 69L46

Oh well. Bet they'll think twice at the next gig.

They'll have a tough time getting the next gig.