Touch from the waist down to the chest! Female engineers accuse Musk of a "techno convent": rampant sexual harassment and rampant misogyny

　　A former SpaceX engineer published an article Tuesday accusing the company of fostering an environment "rife with sexism," rampant sexual harassment, rampant misogyny, and "the only remedy is to get women to leave."

　　SpaceX CEO Musk said in an interview that he now lives alone near Boca Chica, Texas, near SpaceX's launch site, and likens it to a "tech convent." He said: "You know, this place is basically like a technical monastery. There are some women here, but not many. And it's remote. ”

　　Ashley Kosak, a former mission integration engineer at SpaceX, said the company never took any action after she repeatedly complained about sexual harassment in the workplace.

　　During her time at SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Cosack said she was often inappropriately touched, stared at, asked out without consent, and messaged on her personal Instagram account to make harassing phone calls at 4 a.m.

　　"Some of SpaceX's male employees embrace women without consent, stare at women at work, and see every company-related social event as an opportunity to date (or strike up) with women in the office," Kosak wrote. ”

　　For example, at a team event in 2018 when she was an intern, "a male colleague touched my shirt with his hand, from waist down to my chest," she said. She told her boss and reported the alleged behavior to HR at a meeting, "but no one followed up," which left her feeling "powerless."

　　"I was told that things of this nature were too private to be openly discussed with the perpetrators," Kosak wrote, saying she also faced gender and racial bias, "and I presented the idea of establishing a standardized framework for punishing sexual harassers because they did not implement any remedies." But these ideas did not get a response... Despite the company's so-called no-tolerance and no-jerk policies, everyone who harassed me was tolerated. ”

　　Kosak blamed This work environment at SpaceX on Musk's leadership. Musk overtired his employees, she said, leaving them "on the brink of burnout" and then told them that "their efforts were never enough."

　　In the article, Kosak said: "Elon exploits engineers as a resource, not a team that needs to be led. ”

　　"Elon Musk's behavior is very similar to that of a sadist who used to be a part of my life," she said. Elon made a promise that he was not responsible for himself, constantly shifting his goals and unnecessarily depriving people of their resources. Misogyny is very prevalent. ”

　　Kosak said the stress caused by working at SpaceX led her to take sick leave last month "because of panic attacks." She then left the company.

　　Kesak's LinkedIn homepage shows that she resigned from SpaceX in November and now works for Apple (174.33, -1.41, -0.80%).

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