At least five employees were fired by private rocket company SpaceX after drafting and circulating an open letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and calling on executives at the start-up to change the company’s work culture to make it more inclusive, according to two people familiar with the matter.
employees involved with circulating the letter had been fired for making other staff feel "uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views."
Good, fuck them and give them their own medicine.
SpaceX is successful because they hire on merit (I was asked to interview but didn't want to move). Any effort to "become more inclusive" is a nail in their coffin. It's why NASA can't do anything right anymore.
Any company hiring on merit these days will become one of the top in its field. Anyone inside attempting to change this policy is a direct threat to that company's continued success, if not existence.
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