It seems like all of its employees are treated the same. A new report published yesterday includes testimony from employees who say they were called racial slurs and later fired because they asked for respect in the workplace.
A single mother was fired from her job atTesla because she made a complaint about Black workers being called the N-word. Other employees were called racial slurs and punished for telling management, according to a report published in the LA Times.
The insults were more than just verbal. The company's culture made its workers work too much and responsibilities too much, according to employees who called the California plant modern day slavery.
Monica said that she was a skinny 115 pounds when she was an employee at the company.
When billionaire Musk dropped in, the management didn't want workers of color to be super visible.
They didn't want a black face up there.
Despite an ongoing lawsuit filed on behalf of workers, the company denied these allegations.
Attorneys for the company said in a statement that race does not play a role in the company's work assignments, promotions, pay or discipline.
Those things never happened. Just like Musk didn't mean to invoke Hitler and didn't mean to mock trans people. Just like Apple doesn't pretend to be police officers and bang on former employees doors, and just like Amazon isn't known for literally working employees to death.
Those things are definitely not happening if you talk to the lawyers, attorneys, HR representatives, communications directors and spokespeople who say so.
Racist individuals in the tech industry and those who ignore racism in the tech industry have a problem. Which category do you fall into if you are not anti-racist?
Listening to your cubicle neighbor talk about issues they experience is not a cost. For the colleague denied a safer and more dignified work place, your inaction could cost them everything.
Musk says thatTesla doesn't make political contributions even though it does.
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