{"id":1524280,"date":"2022-06-20T15:19:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524280"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:19:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T19:19:34","slug":"lgbtq-diversity-officials-heads-roll-at-elon-musks-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbtq-diversity-officials-heads-roll-at-elon-musks-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ, Diversity Officials\u2019 Heads Roll At Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flgbtq-diversity-officials-heads-roll-at-elon-musks-tesla%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a> laid off two high-achieving employees involved with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/diversity\">diversity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\">LGBTQ<\/a> initiatives, according to a Monday report.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Tesla CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> announced that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-has-a-super-bad-feeling-about-the-economy-wants-a-massive-layoff-at-tesla\">lay off<\/a> 10% of the electric automaker\u2019s staff due to his \u201csuper bad feeling\u201d about the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/economy\">economy<\/a>. According to electric vehicle news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/06\/20\/tesla-lay-off-head-lgbtq-diversity-elon-musk-woke-mind-virus\/\">Electrek<\/a>, Bobby Berretta-Paris \u2014 the volunteer \u201cPresident of LGBTQ+\u201d at Tesla who worked as a recruiter \u2014 was among those who lost their jobs. Berretta-Paris included \u201cPresident of LGBTQ+\u201d on his LinkedIn page, although it is unclear what the designation entailed.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed engineer, who volunteered as a \u201cDiversity and Inclusion Leader,\u201d was also let go. Electrek made clear that both separations were part of the \u201cbroader wave of layoffs,\u201d but repeated that both employees had received multiple promotions in their relatively short tenures, seemingly indicating that their performance was not a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>Large corporations frequently enforce a progressive social and political agenda under the guise of \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d initiatives. Technology companies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woke-corporations-really-hate-diversity-of-thought-new-viewpoint-diversity-score-reveals\">particularly intolerant<\/a> of conflicting worldviews outside of leftist orthodoxy. However, a recent poll conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-by-two-to-one-margin-investors-reject-woke-companies-pushing-political-causes\">Echelon Insights on behalf of The Daily Wire<\/a> revealed that American investors \u2014 by a two-to-one margin \u2014 disapprove of companies leveraging their financial power for political or social means.<\/p>\n<p>As Electrek noted, the layoffs come amid Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/get-woke-go-broke-elon-musk-says-woke-mind-virus-makes-netflix-unwatchable-as-shares-plummet-20\">concerns<\/a> about the \u201cwoke mind virus,\u201d which he believes to be \u201cthe biggest threat\u201d to civilization. Days earlier, rocket company SpaceX \u2014 which Musk also runs \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/get-woke-go-broke-spacex-fires-employees-who-wrote-a-letter-blasting-elon-musks-behavior-and-values\">fired multiple employees<\/a> who circulated a letter criticizing the billionaire entrepreneur for his \u201cbehavior\u201d and \u201cvalues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon\u2019s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks,\u201d the letter asserted. \u201cAs our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX \u2014 every tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The authors also said that \u201cit is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values,\u201d demanding that SpaceX \u201cswiftly and explicitly separate itself from Elon\u2019s personal brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day after the letter circulated, an email from SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell \u2014 who has often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/spacex-president-tells-employees-she-does-not-believe-elon-musk-sexual-misconduct-allegations\">defended<\/a> Musk from spurious allegations \u2014 said that the employees had been canned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and\/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views,\u201d Shotwell wrote. \u201cWe have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The separations at both companies came days after Musk made headlines for announcing that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-tips-hat-toward-ron-desantis-to-be-next-president-of-the-united-states\">cast his ballot<\/a> for Mayra Flores \u2014 a Mexican-American Republican congressional candidate who won a historically Democratic district in southern Texas \u2014 after earlier announcing that he would vote Republican in this year\u2019s midterm elections. When asked online about who he was leaning toward supporting in the 2024 presidential election, Musk said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has encouraged Silicon Valley \u2014 and the United States at large \u2014 to reject wokeness and reaffirm a commitment to free expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-torches-mainstream-institutions-for-extreme-antibody-reaction-to-free-speech\">said<\/a> in April, adding that the \u201cextreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla laid off two high-achieving employees involved with diversity and LGBTQ initiatives, according to a Monday report. Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he would lay off 10% of the electric automaker\u2019s staff due to his \u201csuper bad feeling\u201d about the economy. According to electric vehicle news outlet Electrek, Bobby Berretta-Paris \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1524330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}