“The charge alleges that on or about March 10, 2020, during the Charging Party’s interview for the position of Technology Strategy Associate, SpaceX made inquiries about his citizenship status and ultimately failed to hire him for the position because he is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident,” DOJ attorney Lisa Sandoval wrote in a court document filed Thursday.
It sounds like he isn’t a citizen and is not legally here.
The legal issue is whether the applicant could lawfully be employed. There are various statuses that qualify.
Musk is likely worried about employees stealing confidential information. Here’s a recent case:
Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/tesla-claims-engineer-stole-secrets-just-three-days-on-the-job
And one from last year: “Tesla is doubling down on its claim that Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle startup, has stolen and is using its Autopilot source code. Last year, Tesla initiated a lawsuit against Guangzhi Cao, a former Autopilot engineer who quit to join Xpeng’s autonomous driving team....”
Seems that hiring a non citizen in this type of a very high security type business should be absolutely a NO BRAINER but in this environment I have little hope!! I imagine NOW bringing in NON citizens to STEAL your companies secrets will be A OK, or just simply sabotaging the company!! Give the person a job as a janitor DONE!!!