Big trouble coming for Elon Muskwhich rained on his head the charge of sexual harassment with retaliation, moved to him by eight former engineers of SpaceX, the company of which he is CEO. These are not new accusations for Musk, who is increasingly at the center of issues of a similar nature, but here the case seems to be decidedly serious.
This Tuesday, a report had emerged that Musk had sexual relations with two of his employees and would have asked a third party to have children. So far nothing particularly unexpected, if we don’t consider the power relations between Musk and the people whose salary he pays, which still constitute a form of coercion in such cases, given the inevitable pressure exerted on those who receive certain requests.
Serious accusations
In any case, the accusations are spreading and they concern the entire working environment, which Musk allegedly made “hostile and harassing.” As? Through photos, memes and very sexually explicit jokes. In short, according to the accusation, Musk would have disseminated offensive and discriminatory material against women and the LGBTQ+ community.
The situation within SpaceX would quickly deteriorate, according to what was told by the eight accusers, who said they had also suffered harassment from other colleagues, supported by Musk’s attitudes. In short, the climate inside SpaceX would have become unbearable.
He would also have intervened to make the situation worse the dismissal of the eight, which occurred following an open letter dating back to 2022, in which they complained about the situation and highlighted the boss’s harassing behavior. The dismissal of the employees would have occurred without an internal investigation, neither formal nor informal, only by the will of Musk himself, who is no stranger to censures and sudden dismissals.
The case had actually already ended up before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with confirmation of the retaliation suffered by the employees, which was defined as illegal. Unfortunately, the proceeding was blocked by an injunction from the appeals court, with SpaceX which in retaliation sued the organization for unconstitutionality.
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