Tesla fires entire department over discrimination case, say report

'We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and this action reflects our commitment to ensuring a safe and respectful work environment for all our employees'

Tesla fires entire department over discrimination case, say report

Tesla has fired all employees in one department due to a discrimination case, according to a report.

This comes after a female worker presented evidence of what she described as "systematic degrading treatment" within her department, according to MSN.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the company’s management team investigated the case and decided to dissolve the entire department. The report did not specify what the department is.

While Musk did not provide further details about the layoffs or the discrimination case, he did say that "when a department does not live up to Tesla's ethical standards, there is no other option but to take drastic measures,” according to the report.

"We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and this action reflects our commitment to ensuring a safe and respectful work environment for all our employees," said Musk.

Tesla plans to rehire personnel for the necessary roles in a newly established department that “better reflects the company's values,” Musk said, according to MSN.

Tesla’s Supercharger business

Just before April ended, Musk shut down the division that runs Tesla’s Supercharger business, dismissed two senior executives and fired hundreds more staff, according to the Financial Times.

Rebecca Tinucci, the head of the superchargers group, and Daniel Ho, head of new products, would be leaving along with their entire teams, according to the report, citing an internal memo.

Also, the entire public policy unit will be disbanded following the departure of its leader, Rohan Patel, in the middle of April, according to the report.

“Hopefully these actions are making it clear that we need to be absolutely hard core about headcount and cost reduction,” Musk wrote in the memo, according to the report. “While some execstaff are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so.”

Any manager “who retains more than three people who don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” should resign, he added.