Witnesses said Musk was rude and assaulted an employee

According to the Bloomberg news agency, Tesla's management, represented by the board of directors, launched an internal investigation into the case of swearing and assault by the company's CEO Elon Musk in relation to a fired employee. Witnesses to the incident, whose names were not disclosed, told the source about the incident, which happened in September last year.

It is alleged that a former employee of the Tesla brand car sales center, fired the day before, came to the office to say goodbye to former colleagues. There, he ran into Elon Musk, who began yelling insults and threats at the former employee, promising to “destroy” him if he harmed the company. After the words, Musk got down to business and "made physical contact" with the citizen. By this definition, bystanders mean gently pushing, blocking and pushing the former employee towards the exit. Allegedly, Musk did not allow the dismissed person to pick up his things.

According to preliminary findings, the consequences of Musk's physical impact on the former employee have not been identified. Whether conclusions will be drawn, and what in relation to abuse, is not specified. In any case, the publicity of the incident does not benefit either Tesla or Elon Musk, who already has a bunch of problems. With sales in the first quarter, everything is not at all as good as expected, stocks are getting cheaper, and the court is demanding to settle the conflict with the US Securities Commission within two weeks.

Previously, Musk himself admitted that in 2017-2018, the establishment of car production in the United States was “production hell” for him, the company and employees. And if in the second half of 2018 everything more or less improved with production, then the sales departments continued to boil in their own "hell" - they were required to sell, sell and sell no matter what, scaring them with layoffs in case of poor results. The tension accumulated in the employees and the management, sooner or later, should have led to the release of steam, which, in fact, happened.

Source: 3dnews.ru