An extended-time Tesla engineer introduced his departure from the corporate, citing Elon Musk as the first motive for quitting. In his public exit letter, he determined to reveal the CEO’s betrayal of Tesla’s mission.
Giorgio Balestrieri spent the final 8 years at Tesla.
He spent most of his time as a knowledge analyst within the power storage division after which as an algorithm engineer engaged on Autobidder, Tesla’s real-time buying and selling and management platform for power property.
Throughout his tenure, Balestrieri helped speed up the deployment of power storage from its infancy to its present standing as a big piece of the power transition puzzle.
Immediately, he introduced his departure from Tesla.
In an exit letter made public on LinkedIn, Balestrieri thanked his colleagues and congratulated them on all of the progress they achieved collectively through the years.
Within the letter, the engineer was not shy about stating “the primary motive” why he was leaving: Elon Musk.
Balestrieri defined that he believes the CEO has failed Tesla’s mission:
All this being stated, I do want to deal with the elephant within the room: the primary motive I’m leaving is that I believe Elon has dealt large injury to Tesla’s mission (and to the well being of democratic establishments in a number of international locations). Past that, Elon’s management and resolution making appear significantly compromised. Given his large (and rising, inexplicably) stake in Tesla, I can’t persuade myself anymore that that is the fitting place to be. This isn’t nearly politics: it’s about mendacity to the general public, manipulating public discourse, concentrating on minorities and supporting local weather change deniers and political forces aligned with the oil and gasoline trade. I believe it’s pretty indeniable that the present US administration is slowing down the power transition. Sadly, velocity is crucial if we’re to avert the worst penalties of local weather change.
You’ll be able to learn the total letter right here.
Electrek’s Take
Good for him. I share the sentiment.
I don’t blame anybody working at Tesla. Like Balestrieri, you’ll be able to have a significant job at Tesla that also contributes to the mission to speed up the world’s transition to a sustainable financial system.
Nevertheless, it may be irritating when the CEO takes clear actions in opposition to the mission on a big scale, resembling funding local weather change-denying politicians who’re implementing insurance policies that at the moment are slowing the deployment of renewable power and the electrical transport transition.
For many individuals who joined Tesla for the mission, seemingly like Balestrieri, it could actually really feel counterproductive.
I believe it’s clear that it’s contributing to the numerous expertise exodus we now have been seeing at Tesla during the last two years.
Musk’s management is just not what it was.
