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Musk mutineers are FIRED: SpaceX 'terminates number of employees' who wrote letter slamming CEO's 'embarrassing' tweets and demanding that management 'swiftly and explicitly separates itself from Elon's personal brand'
Daily Mail ^ | 6.17.2022 | Jennifer Smith

Posted on 06/17/2022 6:15:42 AM PDT by libh8er

SpaceX has fired some of the employees behind a letter criticizing CEO Elon Musk's 'embarrassing' and 'distracting' tweets yesterday, claiming some workers were pressured into signing it.

The letter was posted to the company’s internal communications system Wednesday, hours after Musk revealed publicly that he had voted for a Republican candidate for the first time by voting for Mayra Flores in South Texas.

In the letter, the unnamed workers gave the company's directors 'one month' to 'swiftly and explicitly separate' from 'Elon's personal brand'.

They demanded that the company become more 'inclusive', and said its 'zero asshole' policy was not enforced clearly.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; spacex; starlink; tesla; truthsocial; twitter; yourefired
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To: redgolum

MANY companies require a GOOD referral.

NONE will be forthcoming for these signers.


121 posted on 06/17/2022 10:04:16 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: rbmillerjr

The lingering effect of 20+++ years of PARTICIPATION TROPHIES...AGAIN.


122 posted on 06/17/2022 10:05:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: airborne

TRUMP should dismantle NASA because Billions in taxpayer money did NOT produce what ELON had done.


123 posted on 06/17/2022 10:06:50 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: libh8er
They demanded that the company become more 'inclusive', and said its 'zero asshole' policy was not enforced clearly.

Looks like now that these firings have happened, the Policy is much closer to being enforced!

124 posted on 06/17/2022 10:12:49 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Just read most of the thread. Looks like I wasn’t the only one making this keen observation!

GMTA...


125 posted on 06/17/2022 10:15:45 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: ridesthemiles

Maybe Musk is what our space program needs.

Fire woke employees like he just did at SpaceX.


126 posted on 06/17/2022 10:19:38 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: FLT-bird

I’ve seen this happen personally. Fortunately, it was played really smart and without drama, and because the person wasn’t able to get another person fired, the troublemaker left.


127 posted on 06/17/2022 10:29:39 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I believe he may have fixed TWO problems... his current SpaceX ‘problem,’ AND, his Tesla 40-hour work-in-the-office ‘problem’ from a week or so ago. Think they got the memo???


128 posted on 06/17/2022 10:31:55 AM PDT by egfowler3 (Still a Deplorable, a Christian 'Infidel', an American patriot & 'a vast right-wing conspirator')
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ThunderSleeps

> I’m looking, too. I’ll have to see if SpaceX allows telework.

I don’t see any remote positions, but who knows? I perused SpaceX job openings this morning after watching the launch. Lots of engineering positions open. I interviewed almost a decade ago for a position in Hawthorne, was totally willing to take a pay cut for the opportunity. Sadly didn’t make it to the second round.

At this point I’m tempted to do a booster startup instead. I have an idea for a recoverable hybrid with dense storable non-toxic propellant/oxidizer, a fast reaction rate, throttle-able to 80%, and ISP above 250...


129 posted on 06/17/2022 12:06:16 PM PDT by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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To: caww

haha! “wait! that’s my car!”


130 posted on 06/17/2022 12:08:01 PM PDT by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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To: no-s

HA! I couldn’t hardly believe it when my brother said Musk had sent this car to space.....


131 posted on 06/17/2022 12:12:42 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: bobbo666

Tesla and Spacex are separate and not affiliated with each other, except starship might use tesla batteries packs for internal stuff


132 posted on 06/17/2022 12:32:04 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I looked at opportunities and saw a couple of slots I might have a borderline chance at and it would have to be telework. Am tied to where I am for many reasons, most good.


133 posted on 06/17/2022 12:48:03 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: achilles2000
This is how you deal with woketard employees.

These might have been some of those that wanted to continue to work at home, Elon told them to go pretend to work someplace else.

134 posted on 06/17/2022 2:39:25 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: itsahoot

Even if that were the case - and from what I’ve seen they were reacting to his comment about voting Republican for the first time for Mayra Flores - a demand that they work from home is consistent with the entitled behavior of that generation. But, again, the stories I’ve seen stated it was the public announcement of the Flores vote.


135 posted on 06/17/2022 2:45:35 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: SES1066
Reading between the lines, with an employment of 2,600

Over 12,000.

136 posted on 06/17/2022 5:21:35 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: LouAvul
In this case, they're probably affirmative action fags in drag and will take it to court.

And lose.

Blax, fags, blak fags are a formidable adversary in a liberal courtroom.

So is Musk.
And Musk has vastly more money.

137 posted on 06/17/2022 5:26:35 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They probably saw what happened at some other companies, like the New York Times, in which wokesters in the newsroom demanded, and got, the firing of an editor who published an editorial by Tom Cotton supporting use of the National Guard against Antifa/BLM rioters. So they thought they could go for it.

Big difference is, the editor at the New York Times did not found the New York Times or own it.
Musk founded SpaceX and owns close to half of it.
Big difference.

138 posted on 06/17/2022 5:33:17 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: es345st
Same ACLU that wrote a fake WaPo story for Amber Heard and subsequently lost in court with her?
Musk is far tougher than Johnny Depp.
139 posted on 06/17/2022 5:37:24 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: libh8er

“...said its ‘zero asshole’ policy was not enforced clearly.”

Seems to me that it’s pretty clearly enforced... Fewer @$$holes there now than there were Wednesday morning.


140 posted on 06/17/2022 5:41:04 PM PDT by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3 YH TV)
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