SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit
3 years ago by Stopthatgirl7 to c/news
A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey, describing widespread harassment and coordinated action to not only enable but also later give cover for sexual coercion, by a man she says was her direct supervisor.
This summary (and the one on the page itself) give a real "I didn't have time to read the document" vibe.
That said, I read just a chunk of it and it sounded reasonably convincing. Alleges a supervisor promised to promote her, and then on a work trip started sexually harassing her, pressuring her into having sex (unprotected) and eventually fathering a child. Says that the company was informed and didn't do anything about it. Also stuff in there about being denied promotions in favor of bringing in men from outside, and being paid less than a man in the same role who was hired a week apart.
I'm not excusing Tesla, and I don't give a shit about Tesla, but I have to say that this is basically every tech company. They are being sued like this constantly, and are usually settling out of court to avoid embarrassment.
In Vietnam it is even worse because they don't sue the company. They just sort of deal with it, or they quit their job. In the best case they get a whole bunch of people to coordinate quitting at the same time.
Woman who crosses freeway is shocked to be hit by car ?
Maybe she needed a job because this is a capitalist society and people without jobs often end up on the streets and that was the job she was best qualified for?
Can we please stop blaming workers for who hires them and how they treat them?
Right. The only job she could get was at SpaceX.
Her own greed had nothing to do with it.
Do you know her situation? No you don't.
This is some real victim-blaming. She was sexually abused. She was forced to father some asshole's child. And your response is the employment equivalent of "she shouldn't have worn that short skirt."
She was forced to father some asshole’s child.
Lol, what? I thought abortion was legal in California. Are you saying she was raped and kept the baby to term? Use your words, man.
And your response is the employment equivalent of “she shouldn’t have worn that short skirt.”
No it's not, stop replacing what I'm saying with your own words as though they're my own.
Freeways aren't obligated to cater to pedestrians. Workplaces are obligated to foster safe environments for all employees. You can think what you want of things connected to musk but it still SpaceX's fault at the end of the day.
Not all workplaces are created equal...
And yet they're all subject to the law.
The law can only protect you from so much.
At some point, you need to be responsible for your own actions.
Real big "leopards ate my face" vibes, here.
Woman crossing street when the pedestrian light was green hit by car
No, that would mean she isn't working for a scummy company like SpaceX.
This is about the most classic victim blaming I have heard.
More like, "leopards ate my face."
It's pretty telling that you assume which person in a story is malicious based solely on their gender.
Everything he said is true, though.
Not saying there's no bias toward seeing women as victims compared to men (https://www.theguardian.com/...), but the way you phrase it sounds super misogynist.
So maybe you should reflect on that a bit, if you're serious about getting an actual point across.
The way society views a man reporting sexual abuse should have no bearing on this case. It's irrelevant.
Wow dude. Who hurt you?
Why don't you argue against the point they're making rather than whose making it.
Not allowed to criticize women.
This makes me wonder how many illegitimate children you're responsible for...
Elon won't fuck you, sorry tech bro 😔😔😔
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Shitty company culture goes to the top. Of course Elton would hire people who act like that and he would give not even close to a fuck himself - after all, this is a guy who exposes himself to his personal flight attendants and buys ponies for women he harasses, starts affairs and has children with his employees.
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