SpaceX employees say they were fired for speaking up about Musk SO

In June, about 20 engineers were invited to a meeting hosted at the headquarters of the rocket manufacturer SpaceX. The subject of the conversation: the company’s founder and CEO, Elon Musk.

The day before, the company had moved to fire five employees who had written a letter calling on SpaceX to condemn the “harmful Twitter behaviour” of Musk, who had used the social network to make light of a news report that SpaceX had settled a sexual harassment claim against him. Several of the engineers filed into the meeting expecting a sympathetic ear, as some managers and executives had indicated that they did not condone Musk’s behaviour.