A Tesla employee decided he was fed up with the public antics and political leanings of the brand’s CEO, Elon Musk. However, when the sales manager took to the internet to call for Musk’s removal, the EV brand sacked him. 

“Tesla Employees Against Elon” landed one of the brand’s workers in the unemployment line after criticizing Musk

Speaking truth to power is a tricky thing. We all want to do it. You know, hold our leaders accountable in the name of progress and doing the right thing. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always end with positive change. Such is the case of Tesla employee Matthew Labrot, one of the brand’s managers and founder of the website “Tesla Employees Against Elon.”

According to Benzinga, Labrot set up the website as a call to action for the electric vehicle automaker to replace Elon Musk as the brand’s CEO. He’s not alone, of course. Many of the brand’s critics, supporters, and shareholders have called for Musk’s resignation. However, Labrot did so while working for Tesla in a sales capacity. Bold.

Well, while the old adage suggests that “fortune favors the bold,” things certainly didn’t shake out in Labrot’s favor. The company sacked Labrot for his anti-Elon Musk website and his other protest actions. One such action, admittedly more analog than a website, was to spray paint anti-Musk messages on his Tesla Cybertruck. As if the huge, angular EV wasn’t enough of an attention-getter.

Labrot seemed saddened by his termination, and asserted that he would have liked to continue working for the company. “I was very happy with my position, and I could have continued to work in that role my whole life,” he said after his firing.

While Labrot said he enjoyed working for Tesla, he claimed that Elon Musk’s far-right political leanings had harmed the brand’s sales efforts. Tesla says it fired Labrot for “using company resources to build a website that did not align with the company’s perspective.” Be on the lookout for that job application, Lucid.