'Painful abuse' | Tesla HR accused of punishing staff who complained of 'rampant' racism

HR bosses at Tesla have been accused of ignoring complaints of racism from employees, and instead punishing the staff who raise the allegations, reports have said.

The Daily Beast and the LA Times, among multiple publications, have reported that several former staff at the electric car making giant were subjected to racial abuse, only to see no action when the matters were escalated to human resources.

J. Bernard Alexander, a lawyer representing some of the complainants as part of a lawsuit filed in California, told the Daily Beast that “people complain to human resources and instead of human resources addressing it, they punish the people that complain. They basically don’t want to hear about it and don’t want to take responsibility for it.”

Alexander also issued a scathing critique of Tesla boss Elon Musk, telling the Daily Beast: “The company, as I see it, is a reflection of its owner Elon Musk. He’s got the ability, if he cared about it, to fix it. It’s just not important to him.