reported that SpaceX had allegedly fired some employees who were involved in writing and distributing an open letter to their boss, Elon Musk. The employees criticized Musk’s latest conduct, including his behavior on Twitter and the recentagainst him, writing that it’s “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment.”
The letter also asked SpaceX to rein Musk in, writing that the company’s leaders should “publicly address and condemn Elon’s harmful Twitter behavior” and “define and uniformly respond to all forms of unacceptable behavior.” That letter was reportedly circulated on Wednesday, and by Thursday afternoon, a number of the employees involved were fired—though it’s unclear how many.
SpaceX is, of course, a big engineering company with probably plenty of critical work to do. But if Shotwell is referring to Musk’s critical advocacy work of making sure this country upholds its commitment to free speech—which would definitely include allowing your employees to be disappointed in you—then it feels like SpaceX is really fucking up Musk’s First Amendment crusade.
Nobody likes a parasite
If I have an employee bad mouthing my company, you can bet your as- I will fire them.
Oh the irony Jezebel. The group fired was 'embarrassed' by Musk's free speech and attacked him with an open letter. Who would continue giving a paycheck to a group openly attacking YOUR free speech ? They're on a team, his team, they had to go.
tom_wellborn3 All that money and Musk can't buy a spine.
tom_wellborn3 Can dish it out but can't take it. What a baby 👶
tom_wellborn3
Publicly shit on your boss and see what happens
It sounds like you're struggling with the concept of 'how to keep your job'
So if your executives publicly denounce Jezebel’s CEO or president-they will still be employed? That’s ridiculous. Especially if they are white and write a letter-they will be gone. Doubt of Bezos will hire them either.
Why does he always look constipated?
Just like all of these sociopathic narcissist billionaires, it's always freedom of speech & libertarian lifestyles for them, poverty & servitude for the rest of us...
Just look at that face , in going to space I think he’s looking for some of his siblings !!
lol people always forget public vs private sphere. I hate journalists
“If you don’t like what I say, you can go live on another planet!” He forgets he owns the bus company….
I’m imagining Jezebel as a distributed group of purple haired they/them hell bent on producing anti science articles while complaining about how hard their lives are. Women are adult females.
freddyatton I’m guessing it’s in their contracts- Don’t you ever, ever, ever...
Funny you didn't mention that they were doing this at work, on company time amd using company resources.
Who wrote this? A toddler?
He just wants to protect the speech coming from the right, anything else is deemed 'woke ideology'.
Also, non-wokeists have been fired for saying stuff for years now. Get used to it, it's going to get a LOT worse This is the world you created.
How does being fired sew your mouth up?
It's an excellent business strategy to keep employees that are pitted against you, personally. 😬
That is the expected outcome when you talk negatively about your boss
Twitter employees are rushing to update their resumes 😂
No wonder he backs Ron DeSantis.
Tell us again how you don't understand the concept of free speech without telling us. Btw hows that venture capital model working out? Good?
You mean to tell me that people who didn’t agree with the direction and leadership of a company were not wanted at the company anymore? How could this happen?
There is a huge difference between 'criticism' and 'disagreeing'. I would fire them also.
“You have the right to free speech, as long as you’re not dumb enough to actually try it!” ~The Clash (and Elon Musk probably)
Such an advocate of free speech he makes Tesla owners sign Non Disclosure Agreements.
that Murdoch like face is metastasizing before out very eye. Should call it CRAVEN SYNDROME!
Free speech for me but not for thee elonmusk
Like any other employer Elon hired these employees to do an agreed upon job. They chose to stray from that while on the clock and he gave them the boot. It’s truly embarrassing that people think this is some sort of gotcha. Now they have all the time in the world to criticize 🤷♂️
Criticize? Openly advocating for his removal from the company via repeated/unsolicited pressure campaign utilizing company communication platform is NOT simply ‘criticism’.
Douchebag
dawneryans I so wish he would just go sit down somewhere.🤬🤡
No billionaires care about free speech they like giving orders and can't handle any insubordination from anyone.
Read the whole letter. It’s material for an insurrection. The level of hubris required to push that around his company is stunning. Lots of self importance not much self awareness. They didn’t give him a choice, he had to hold some people accountable.
You need a basic run on basic life principles. Constructive criticism is one thing, biting the hand that feeds you is another. Mutual respect is n twoway street.
There is no democracy in the company. just like in the military, Be wise, criticism can be done where it belongs and respect your boss.
You are free to speak your mind but you are not free from the consequences. Self control is a virtue. Do not open your mouth any how just because you can. It is a sign of immaturity, a lack of self awareness and an uncivilised mindset.
kroltanz How many of us will be bother off Twitter when he takes over 😂🤣😳
Yes. I will also do that.
Do you allow your employees to publicly criticize you? Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.
Criticize your boss you get fired! That’s called common sense, not free speech
Don't shit where you eat. Do you really think it would fly criticizing your employer on a social platform?
He looks like the penguin super villain
Criticize your boss publicly. Let me know how that turns out
Why do the left and right pretend to not know what free speech is when it's convenient?!
He is no 'free speech' advocate! He is trying to drag the MAGA yahoos from Facebook to Twitter, along with the advertisers that cater to them. It isn't working! So ElonMusk isn't buying Twitter 'free speech' is what he calls it but it's just a dog whistle to suck up to MAGA
ElonMusk Employees not permitted to criticize World BreakingBad News Politics anime Entertainment NFTs diyaoutofbox
so you can't disrespectful the person that pays him?
Very good article
Free speech means the government can’t tell you what you’re allowed/not allowed to say. It doesn’t mean you can sh!t talk your boss without consequences 😂 Imagine being confused by the 1st amendment🤦🏻♀️
Isn’t it interesting that twitter has modified trending topics to either remove or lower the rank for Elon Musk topic? Exactly the kind of free speech elonmusk is rooting for.
What's the correlation here?
And a sex offender!
While you putter and preen he's accomplishing great things.
duty2warn Stinky!!
How? I don’t work for him.
jezebel is a 'free speech' advocate but if you make fun of them they make a story on you to try to get you fired
Does anyone else get the 'spoiled, pretentious, overindulged, petulant man-child' vibe from elon?
duty2warn
You can tell a conservative because they think musk has the right to fire employees for their speech -- it's a private company! -- but forget that musk criticizes another private company for limiting accounts/posts on its platform. The conservatives can't hold a full thought.
Two things..it is a PRIVATE company and those employees were problematic. He did exactly what any smart business person would do.
You're missing the point of free speech.
Yeah... When you talk shit about your Boss you usually get fired.. That might go against a Code of Conduct Policy or Maybe Insubordination...
Do lefties have a single argument that isn't a retarded strawman?
Well, criticizing is only free speech to your peers. Do you really expect to criticize the boss? Who works for who in that relationship?
SnarkyL His opinions are free not anyone else’s. Perfect little dictator.
He is like a Boss! Literally! Go Elon!
Go criticize your boss and see if you get to keep your job, this is not uncommon in the work industry
Democrats have stated it doesn’t apply at workplace
Yes, people with money seem to say one thing and do the other, and then do the other and say one thing. If that sounds confusing, isn't the world confused because of these guys? They have no absolutes. When you have money, you make your own absolutes, any time you want to.
'The (now former) employees criticized Musk’s latest conduct, including his behavior on Twitter and the recent sexual misconduct allegation against him, writing that it’s “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment.” Are you fucking kidding me? Good riddance.
Ye? What are you confused about?
DocJohnG Freedom of speech isn’t protected inside a workplace. Generally speaking employees have a code of conduct they receive when accepting employement. I implore those who disagree to tell their boss unfiltered what they think of them when they are angry at said boss. Enjoy.
BlackKnight10k That is obvious
He's a spoiled brat rich kid who enjoys being told how clever he is.
I'm pretty sure most Tesla workers are liberals.
Oh. This is the 'free speech is not freedom from consequences' thing the left have been hammering for a decade now, isn't it? Wonder what changed?
Attention! The left is doing a multi prong attack on Musk. Forgive them Lord they do not understand what they are doing!
Well that certainly wouldn’t work well with me. I don’t give 2 f..ks who you are
Wtf you talking about. He has the right to defend himself against criticism.. thats also “free speech” 😂
That isn’t what free speech is all about. Citizens have a right for free political speech without being censored. You are still free to publicly criticize your employer, and the government can’t throw you in jail for doing so. But you can’t expect to necessarily keep your job.
If I publicly criticize my boss I deserve to be fired. Either that or I quit. That’s called personal ethics.
No, they criticized to defame...huge difference and they deserve to be fired..that dumb to go against ur boss...ahhh radical ideology democratics
No, it's more if you try and bully other employees into joining your doomed jihad against the company owner. But that would have required some basic research and journalistic effort, Jizzafail.
Garbage headline. Any company would and should fire employees who coordinated an effort to publicly disparage the firm’s leadership. Full stop. End of story.
stupid stuff you write. of course employees doing that will get ya fired. jesus christ, you are so wrong.
Banning negativity is a positive move.
That's how most bosses are...
Employee criticizes boss Boss fires employee Welcome to the real world
As a past Boss, I agree
I wonder if free speech advocates ever divorce their spouse for verbal abuse…
If the boss's midlife crisis antics over his baby mama leaving him for another woman causes behavior detrimental to the company's image and reputation (and thus my income), yes, I'm going to criticize the boss. Nobody'd say anything if shareholders wrote such a letter.
Would you deny important services to someone who doesn't share the traits of the 'ideal person'? If so, you're a bad person. Would you fire someone who constantly subverts you, works to undercut your vision, and make people hate you with your money? If so, you're a smart person.
No company will keep an employee who shit talks about the boss. This should not be a surprise.
This leftie got fired
What you permit, you promote. The woke aren't taking over his companies.
Freedom of speech does not necessarily mean freedom from consequences.
Free speech means being able to convey ideas without being banned off the platform. Not workers holding attitudes negative toward your company or yourself. You need to separate free speech from disrespect and libel.
Time and place is a factor in free speech. Don't do it on company time, using company equipment when you should be WORKING!
Elon Musk must be stopped. Free speech doesn't work, we all know that
Don’t criticize the guy who signs your paycheck…..pretty simple stuff.
Yeah, private company. His Company, Not the workers company, they are paid-by-contract for their **work**
Sound similarly to Republicans who have laws and rules applied to others, but not to them! Is it “above the laws” attitude?
If you don’t agree with him why would you want to work for him. I’m sure he wants like minded people
After being fired those employees can still criticize him so yeah, Musk just gave them more free speech.
LOL. Fuck with your boss. Get fired. Who woulda' guessed.
Here comes the fake news assault. Didn't they also immediately bring out some Howa to accuse him of sexual misconduct? 😂👌
What happened to private companies can do what they want 😂😂
Exactly
Non sequitur...
This really isn’t as perplexing as you think it is, Jez. Besides, aren’t y’all the group that says freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences?
You cool with people who work for calling it out for the cesspool it is?
Name a company on earth where you can call the CEO erratic in a public letter and keep your job
I’d explain how Freedom of Speech doesn’t mean that you’re free from consequences but if you people don’t get that by now you never will
I'm call baloney and it depends on the criticism. 'That's a bad idea, lets work on it' might get better reception than to summarize 'Your a Ist, phobe, ist ect, karl marx, union, patriarchy!'
There's nothing that says you have to pay people for their free speech...left is rtded
If only there was a rule for this...something like 'he who has the gold makes the rules'. Besides most of his decisions have been right on, so those who criticize him are just stupid and need to be fired...
Somehow 'free speech' equals 'no consequences or responsibility.' 🙄
So, just like every other hypocritical, myopic 'free speech' warrior, he just wants to be able to say anything, no matter how deplorably offensive it is WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. They don't understand true free speech The Right (and Elon) wants only fealty & falling in line.
I cannot imagine writing a letter bashing my boss and having it published and expect to keep my employment.
Go up to your boss and start acting like these people have. You’ll be finding a new job too.
Disrespect your bosses everyone, and if you’re fired, well, it’s your boss that’s the asshole
They are free to criticize all they want but they can't get paid to do that.
Jezebel
If I openly disagree with my company they will fire me too.
If you are going to sabotage the company from within then you must be fired.
Oh look. Another smug, dumb article from Jezebel that confuses basic concepts to suit a narrative.
You think free speech means that an employer has to keep people on who shit talk then openly? 😂😂 That’s adorable
I'm not aware of any private businesses that allow for criticism of management without recourse. It isn't a free speech platform we're talking about. It's literally his manufacturing company. It's a company that makes products, not an app to discuss different thoughts and views.
Now this is funny…anyone that thinks ‘free speech’ means you can circulate a letter about your negative feelings regarding how your boss is operating his company…& not get fired…is just plain stupid.
Imagine talking shit about your boss and then being fired? What Never! 🤣
free speech doesn't mean you can say anything you want without consequence. it means you can say whatever you want without governmental or criminal repercussions. I can't go up to my boss right now and criticize everything and expect to keep my job.
Free speech does not mean free from consequences. Not difficult to understand, which makes me think it’s intentional.
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