Six more current and former female employees have come forward to accuse the company of fostering a culture of rampant sexual harassment. The women said they were subjected to catcalling, unwanted advances, physical contact and discrimination at work.
One of the women who sued was harassed on her first day of orientation. She claims a supervisor told his subordinates to check out the new girl. She stacked boxes around her workspace to deter her coworkers from whistling at her. She claims to have complained to the HR department. The company responded to the situation by moving Brooks to a different part of the factory.
According to The Washington Post, the barriers were created so that he could get some relief from the attention he was getting. I felt it was necessary to do my job.
Jessica Barraza said she was subjected to "nightmarish" working conditions at the company. The factory floor that was described in the lawsuit looked more like a construction site or frat house than the site of one of the most advanced EV makers in the country. Most of the seven women who have sued have linked the abuse they experienced to Musk's behavior. One of the complaints said that the technicians were even worse because he made 69 or 420 jokes.
On the same day five former employees of Musk's other company accused Musk's company of doing little to stop sexual harassment, a suit was filed. We reached out to them. The public relations department is not run by the automaker. When a federal court ordered the company to pay $137 million to a black worker who said they were subjected to daily racist abuse, the company said it would continue to grow and improve. We should be held accountable when we get it wrong.
