Tesla shot a manager, who criticized Elon Musk on social media

Tesla became the latest part of Elon Elon Musk’s business empire, to clarify that the Chief Executive Officer’s criticism was unacceptable by firing a manager last month when he objected to a post on social media by Shri Musk, referring to Nazi leaders.

A manager and engineer working with Tesla’s battery suppliers said Jeed Otman said he was fired as Mr. Musk was criticized for a post on X, in which a series of Wordplays used the names of Nazis such as Heinrich Himler and Harman Goring.

“Musk shut down his enemies,” Mr. Musk wrote on 23 January, “Bet that you are coming to Nazi.” He punctured the post with a laugh, which was emoji-creating emoji.

Mr. Otman said on LinkedIn at the end of January that he was angry that Mr. Musk had referred to the Nazis as “a joke” who was responsible for the massacre.

“Starting in 2022 and especially last week I raised the issue internal several times, managers, HR, with legal compliance, investor relations,” Mr. Otman wroteReferring to the behavior by Mr. Musk that he found it objectionable. “And as long as people provide personal support, Tesla remains silent as a company.”

Tesla did not respond to the remarks request.

Mr. Musk’s companies, including SpaceX and X, have a history of punishing. In 2022, SpaceX, which makes rockets, fired nine employees, who called the company to get rid of social media comments by Mr. Musk, in which he made fun of allegations of sexual harassment against him. Some of those employees later filed an inappropriate-labor-practice fee with the National Breeding Board.

Mr. Otman’s important remarks, and Tesla’s response, are the latest signs of disintegration caused by Mr. Musk’s right -wing politics. He has supported a far-flung party in Germany, whose members have been fined by the government to use Nazi slogans. The role of Mr. Musk in the Trump administration as the leader of the government’s efficiency department has also made him a polarization figure.

The signs of dissatisfaction in Tesla are not isolated for Mr. Otman. Last month, during a meeting at Tesla’s offices in Palo Alto, California, the employees provoked their frustrations about Mr. Musk’s political activities, telling a manager that he was also discouraged by the behavior of the chief executive.

Mr. Otman confirmed on Thursday that he was fired. He refused to comment further, mentioning questions from Santa Monica, a lawyer Jana Moser in California. Ms. Mozar did not respond to the remarks request.

This fall, an SpaceX employee was fired after writing on an internal message board that he hoped that Mr. Musk stopped wearing the company apparel during his campaign performance for Sri Trump, saying three people said the incident was familiar with the incident. Butler, Pa. During the October 1 rally, for example, Mr. Musk wore a “Occupai Mars” T-shirt-that SpaceX sells in his company shop-as he jumped up and down on the stage.

The employee wrote that it would not be appropriate for the workers to wear political clothes in the office and therefore, the costumes of that company should not be worn into the campaign events. A few days after its post, the company canceled the employee’s access to internal systems, although later it was restored that the employee’s policies were not violated after determining it, people said.

The employee resigned weeks later. Spacex did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

Mr. Musk has also fired workers in X who criticized him. In view of the company’s acquisition of $ 44 billion, then in 2022, it is called Twitter, many employees posted the billionaire criticism on the stage. Mr. Musk made online argument with some of them, and was later fired.

There are firing with Mr. Musk’s often declared targets to defend free speech. He has offered to fund the cases against employers who extinguish the work in 2024 due to the things posted on X, they have funded a suit for one. Former worker When he was fired for an inflammatory post in the payment company block, he created a pseudonym on an X account.

Investors in Tesla, the only public -trading company that Sri Musk runs, is also concerned that his political activities are separating some buyers and they are spending a lot of time in Washington and not enough to address the car sales. The company’s shares declined by about 40 percent from a high set on 17 December.