Some SpaceX employees they signed a open letter to Elon Musk, who is the founder and CEO of the company. In the crosshairs of the post the billionaire’s eccentric and divisive tweets, which would be a reason “to constant embarrassment“For employees and for the company itself. “Every tweet published by Elon is in fact an official announcement from the company.”
The letter was previewed from The Verge magazine and is addressed to SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell in the hopes that action will be taken. The document circulated widely in internal chats used by company employees. “Employees of different gender, nationality, seniority and departments have contributed to the preparation of this letter,” the letter reads.
THE public behavior of Elon they are a source of constant distraction and embarrassment to us, and this has been especially true in recent weeks. As the company’s most prominent CEO and spokesperson, Elon is seen as the public face of SpaceX – every tweet Elon posts is in fact an official statement from the company. It is crucial for our teams, but also for the swimming pool of potential talent that could work with us, make it clear that these messages do not reflect our work, mission and values
reads the open letter.
Elon Musk is known for his biased style. He recently directly – with a series of derogatory tweets – attacked both Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. In 2018, NASA, which had already awarded numerous and significant contracts to SpaceX at the time, opened an investigation into the company after Elon Musk smoked cannabis on an episode of The Joe Rogan’s Experience podcast.
Recently, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter, except to publicly clash with the company’s board over various issues. Recently, Elon Musk said he wanted to vote for the Republican party and publicly side against the cancellation culture and the so-called “woke” movement.
The letter publicly asks SpaceX executives to step in to contain and condemn Elon Musk’s excesses, and promote a more level-headed and respectful communication style of the company’s complex and ambitious mission.
The letter was drafted about a month after the publication of a Business Insider article accusing Elon Musk of inappropriate behavior with a SpaceX hostess. Gwynne Shotwell had publicly defended Musk at the time, saying she believed the allegations were completely baseless.
Source: Lega Nerd
