‘Elon Musk is arrogant and only cares about money’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sparked a furious debate and has been criticized by health experts saying that people's reaction to Covid-19 is outrageous.

Continuing on Wednesday, Musk created a wave of critical criticism when talking about the government's response to the epidemic. Specifically, Musk called blockade orders, demanding that people at the government's home be "fascists" and "not unlike imprisonment".

"It breaks people's freedom in horrible and false ways. That's not why they came to America or built this country," Musk said during a meeting to report the first quarterly situation in Tesla's year.

Immediately, these comments received a series of backlash on Twitter and even Tesla employees had to speak up. Four Tesla employees told Business Insider their comments, of course all asked to be anonymous.

Notably, there was an employee who commented sharply: "He (Musk) is rich, a arrogant man and does not care about anything other than money". It is known that this employee works on an assembly line at Tesla's Fremont factory. "His comments are stupid and I don't think he thinks before he speaks."

Another employee softened his voice. "Musk's behavior, claims and tweets are silly and sad." This employee works in the production department of the Fremont factory. "This is extremely frightening for employees who want to protect their loved ones while their CEO doesn't care and openly resist actions to keep the families safe. goverment".

Musk's negative comments stem from his disappointment because Tesla's factories were closed or operated at very low capacity due to government requests to combat the Covid-19 epidemic.

"I think we are a little worried about not being able to restore production in the Bay Area and that is clearly a serious risk. We only have 2 car factories now one in Shanghai and 1 in the Bay Area ".

Musk was quite disappointed in this and even insisted with a swear word.

Tesla's main U.S. car factory in California is currently operating at its lowest capacity since March 24 at the request of local authorities. Meanwhile, the company also suspended production at a suburban battery factory in Reno, Nevada, and a factory in Buffalo, New York, which makes parts for batteries and charging points.

The impact of the closure of factories will affect Tesla's balance sheet in the second quarter of 2020. The company has given a part of its employees a leave of absence for pay, reduced wages and firing of appropriate employees. copper, temporary.