"Former #Tesla engineer #CristinaBalan, who was fired in 2014, said in an interview that her entire team was threatened with deportation for taking her side when she brought up a brake safety issue directly to #ElonMusk. She’s now succeeded in throwing out Tesla’s arbitration case against her, and hopes to meet Tesla directly in open court in a case that could influence corporate policy nationwide."
https://electrek.co/2025/04/20/tesla-whistleblower-says-musk-wanted-to-deport-her-team-for-raising-brake-issue/
#Musk #USpol #TechBros #TechBroFash #MoveFastAndKillPeople #labour
Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue
Former senior Tesla engineer Cristina Balan has prevailed in a years-long legal battle against Musk, and is now able to speak freely.
"#OceanGate is the ultimate result of the Zuckerbergian '#MoveFastAndBreakThings' mantra — the idea that if you’re not breaking things, you’re not moving fast enough, and that speed of delivery and execution is a worthwhile trade for some sort of destruction."
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Broken Things
https://wheresyoured.at/p/broken-things
#Titan #TitanicSub #ExtremeTourism #ExtremeHubris #MoveFastAndKillPeople #TechBros
Broken Things
Years before OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded, killing five people in the process, a former employee filed a counterclaim alleging that the company fired him for raising concerns about the vehicle's safety. In addition to terminating the plaintiff (David Lochridge, the former Director of Marine Operations for the company), OceanGate filed a civil suit claiming he breached the terms of his contract and misappropriated trade secrets. His crime? Allegedly discussing confidential information with America’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) — the division of the Federal government that exists to ensure safe working conditions.
" 'It freaked me out that he would want me to be head pilot, since my background is in accounting,' she told the New Yorker."
#OceanGate's former finance director said she quit when #StocktonRush asked her to be the #TitanicSub|mersible's chief pilot after firing the original one for raising safety issues: report
https://news.yahoo.com/oceangates-former-finance-director-said-051737973.html
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