SpaceX fires employees who wrote open letter against Elon Musk

San Francisco: SpaceX has fired employees who wrote an open letter against Elon Musk’s behaviour on Twitter in the public sphere, calling it a “frequent source of distraction and embarrassment” for them.
According to The New York Times, a number of the letter’s drafters were fired by the company late on Thursday, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell criticised the open letter as “overreaching activism”.
Shotwell said SpaceX had “terminated a number of employees involved” in writing 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,” she added.
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