SpaceX fires employees that sent letter 'criticizing' Elon Musk!

According to two people familiar with the situation, SpaceX dismissed at least five employees after it was discovered that they had created and shared a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and encouraging officials to make the company's culture more inclusive. A request for comment from Reuters was not immediately returned. According to three employees with knowledge of the matter, SpaceX fired personnel linked to the letter, according to the New York Times. It had not specified the number of people who had been fired. According to the New York Times, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell wrote an email indicating the business has investigated and "removed a number of personnel engaged" with the letter. Employees engaged in the distribution of the letter were fired, according to Shotwell's email, for making other employees feel "uncomfortable, intimidated, and harassed, and/or furious since the letter encouraged them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views." Billionaire Elon Musk is making a $44 billion bid for Twitter and has stated his support for looser speech rules on the platform. He told Twitter staff on Thursday that as long as the content isn't illegal, the company should allow "quite outlandish things." According to Reuters, Musk is a "distraction and shame" to the firm he started, according to a SpaceX letter titled "an open letter to the Executives of SpaceX." "SpaceX must promptly and openly distance itself from Elon's personal brand," "hold all leadership equally accountable to making SpaceX a great place to work for everyone," and "define and uniformly respond to all forms of inappropriate behavior," it stated in a list of three requests.