Tesla Fires Manager Who Criticised Musk for 'Nazi' Post

Tesla has fired a manager who objected to a social media post by chief executive Elon Musk that referred to Nazi leaders.

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NEW YORK - It was the latest example that public criticism of the boss was unacceptable in the Musk business empire.

Mr Jared Ottmann, a manager and engineer who worked with Tesla's battery suppliers, said he had been fired because he criticised Mr Musk for a post on the latter's social media platform X that used the names of Nazis like Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goring in a series of wordplay.

"Stop Goring your enemies," Mr Musk wrote on Jan 23, adding, "Bet you did Nazi that coming." He punctuated the post with a laughing-while-crying emoji.

Mr Ottmann said on LinkedIn in late January that he was offended that Mr Musk had referred "as a joke" to Nazis who were responsible for genocide.