It's an Elon company so that checks out..
What doesn't check out is why the government still gave them a new contract between this and Starlink and SpaceX colluding with the Russian military against Ukraine
Cause the US government is just a bunch of corporations under a trench coach. They want to privatize space using public money just like everything else on Earth. If it's not space X then it's gonna be Boeing, Ratheon, Amazon, etc that take that position. The age of public space exploration is closing, be ready for enshittification and exploitation in space.
The US government is getting something out of the deal they're not talking about. Probably CALEA-like access to what's going across the Starlink network.
In regards to EAR and ITAR work, the US Federal Government has strict requirements about it being restricted to US Citizens (and maybe green card holders).
I'm no SpaceX fan boy but the mention of the second lawsuit is nuanced.
In regards to this particular article, not surprised but it sucks. I've heard fr9m several past-employees about there being a "good ol boys" club mentality there.
Also, fuck musk.
Is it absolutely a good ol boys club. Like, oh my God it's unbelievable. To be fair, most people aren't like that but they have a shit ton of young, talented, neurotic, male engineers who just graduated college and have been told they are super geniuses. These are not the creme de la creme when it comes to emotional intelligence.
That would fit with his other companies, sure.
No, not Elon musk he would never do that. /s
It's owned by Elon Musk, who grew up in apartheid South Africa. Now I'm not saying that The two are connected. After all, correlation does not equal causation.
what a surprise
the company owned by a shit person has shit practices
I wonder what the common thread is here and at Tesla
Shocker
Foltz claims that she received a $92,000 annual salary while men with the same duties and qualifications received an annual salary of $115,000.
Foltz also claims that SpaceX uses different job titles for the same position as a way to pay women and minorities less than their white or male counterparts, TechCrunch reported.
This is an empty claim. She didn’t even have the same job titles as the people she was comparing herself against. There are a thousand reasons one person can be paid more than another. Often it’s just negotiating prowess. Often it’s the responsibility of the job title, and the risk and hours that entails. Often it’s tenure at the company, or social skills. Her claim amounts to, “pay me more because I have a vagina.” No.
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