👀👀👀👀 Oh snap!!!!!!! Elon Musk and SpaceX are being sued by 8 former employees alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. The plaintiffs said that they were fired after complaining about the alleged sexual harassment at the company. The lawsuit reads that Elon Musk “runs his company in the dark ages—treating women as sexual objects to be evaluated on their bra size, bombarding the workplace with lewd sexual banter, and offering the reprise to those who challenge the 'Animal House' environment that if they don’t like it they can seek employment elsewhere.” It continues with “Defendant Musk knowingly and purposefully created an unwelcome hostile work environment based upon his conduct of interjecting into the workplace vile sexual photographs, memes, and commentary that demeaned women and/or the LGBTQ+ community. Examples of the patently offensive material that Musk directly or indirectly caused to be published in the workplace.” They describe the culture at SpaceX as incredibly toxic, “It was also common for engineers to apply crude and demeaning names to products in an attempt at humor, often at the expense of women and LGBTQ individuals. For example, the name ‘Upskirt Camera’ was used for a camera on first stage of the Falcon rocket that views the bottom of the second stage. The name ‘Fun Tunnel,’ a euphemism for anal sex, was used to refer to a structure on the Dragon vehicle that astronauts use to transfer to the International Space Station. The term ‘B-plugs,’ a euphemism for anal sex toys, was used to describe for structures on the bottom of Dragon used to manage splashdown loads. Vibration tables were named after strip clubs. Furthermore, “Management's flippant atitude toward harassment in the workplace is reflected in a video starring SpaceX’s upper management, including Vice President of Human Resources HR Brian Bjelde, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell, and Elon Musk that mocks and makes light of sexual misconduct and banter. For example, in one video scene the narrator discusses the type of people who would be invited to join flights to Mars and portrays a photo of a beautiful, large-breasted woman. Another scene features Mr. Bjelde having an employee demonstrate how to spank him in the ‘correct' manner. Upon information and belief, management screened this video at an employee holiday party in Hawthorne." The suit also mentions when "Business Insider reported that SpaceX had settled a claim by an ex-SpaceX flight attendant who accused Musk of asking her to 'do more' during a massage, exposing his penis to her, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for his desired sexual favors." SpaceX employees wrote an "Open Letter" asking for the behavior to change. Musk's response? "Bielde replied that HR should at least perform an investigation first, otherwise it would 'look bad'; but Musk simply replied, 'I don’t care ~fire them.'" Another response when someone complained about the behavior at the company? "'Elon is SpaceX, and SpaceX is Elon.' He also reported that Edwards said, 'I cannot do anything about the company, so either make yourself okay with Elon’s behavior or find someplace else to work.'" Does this come as any shocker to anyone? 🍿