Matthew LaBrot, a Tesla employee who created the website Tesla Employees Against Elon Musk, was fired from the company two weeks ago. LaBrot claimed in a LinkedIn post that he was terminated for having created the site, and because he was part of a larger group of employees who publicly asked Elon Musk to resign from the company.
Not so, say the employees behind the letter, who signed off as “Tesla Employees for a New Chapter.” They argue that Tesla’s troubles are not due to missteps in Model Y production, but rather to the public reputation of the company’s polarizing CEO, Elon Musk. “Let’s be clear: we are not the problem. Our products are not the problem. Our engineering, service, and delivery teams are not the problem. The problem is demand. The problem is Elon.”
It’s worth noting that Tesla itself made a similar statement on its earnings call last month, conceding somewhat hilariously that “unwanted hostility towards our brand and our people had an impact [on sales] in certain markets.”
Is that retaliation? That sounds like retaliation?
So Tesla is doubling down on the Nazi guy
“Tesla Employees Against Musk. There’s no you in TEAM!”
I’m curious: in which world are people living where this wasn’t a predictable outcome?
Note: I’m not saying a “desirable” or “good” or “just” or such outcome. Just “predictable”.
Firing employees who organize a public campaign to discredit the CEO is generally the correct thing to do.
gagging on that boot until your mascara runs.
Firing employees who organize a public campaign to discredit the CEO is generally the correct thing to do.
I’ll just leave this here:
I forgot that as employees, whose livelihood depends on the company they work for, shouldn’t speak up while the company is tanking.
Silence criticism!
Shooting the messenger is a time-honored tradition
It would be shooting the messenger if they were expressing their concerns privately through internal channels but that’s not what they’re doing. They’re going to the public because management already knows what they want and chooses not to act on it.
Username checks out
ITT totally insane people.
Dude chooses to work for musk (unless it was at gunpoint), yells crap about their employer, and people thinks is unfair for him to get fired?
Fucking retards.
While it’s an expected result given the environment, it’s still a good example for some.
