Elon Musk, who wants to buy Twitter to bring back freedom of speech, apparently does not extend the same lofty ideals to his other companies. On Thursday, the same day he waxed lyrical about “free speech” in a town hall with Twitter employees, SpaceX fired a number of workers who criticized their boss in an open letter that called his increasingly outlandish tweet storms “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us” and “harmful.” The letter cited SpaceX’s policy and asked execs to publicly condemn Musk’s behavior.
In an internal email obtained by The New York Times, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the episode “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.” She called the letter “overreaching activism” that distracted from their mission to “get to Mars.” Read more at The New York Times.
I think Twitter should allow free speech but I would also fire a bunch of workers who put out open letters against me.
If you feel that I am “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us” and “harmful” then go find yourself another job where the working conditions suit you better.
Exactly!
Mr. Musk believes you have a right to say what you believe. That doesnt mean that what you believe is ok, employable, or otherwise a good idea. 100%!
The Slimes is so idiotic and evil.
Twitter is a public platform and, therefore, should have free speech.
Blasting your boss is obviously not the same thing, and would hardly be tolerated in most any other company, including, of course, the Slimes.
Calling this hypocrisy is just idiocy. Expected no less from the times.