SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies
Former California-based workers claim company discriminated against women and fired critics.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty ImagesExecutives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by Bloomberg.
The California-based workers, who were fired in 2022 after circulating an open letter critical of Musk’s behavior, argue that the aerospace company’s actions violated the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. The law bans sex-based discrimination and retaliation against employees who raise concerns in the workplace. Their claims were detailed in filings with the California Civil Rights Department that were sent to SpaceX last month.