Tesla fires a manager who criticised Elon Musk on social media

A SpaceX employee was fired after writing on an internal message board that he hoped Musk would stop wearing company apparel during his campaign appearances for Trump, sources said. During an October rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Musk wore an ‘Occupy Mars’ T-shirt (pictured) – which SpaceX sells in its company store – as he jumped up and down onstage. — AP

Tesla has fired a manager who objected to a social media post by Elon Musk, the CEO, that referred to Nazi leaders. It was the latest example that public criticism of the boss was unacceptable in the Musk business empire.

Jared Ottmann, a manager and engineer who worked with Tesla’s battery suppliers, said he had been fired because he criticised Musk for a post on Musk’s social platform X that used the names of Nazis like Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring in a series of wordplay.