Tesla email reveals company’s effort to silence an alleged victim with cash
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/12/tesla-media-strategy-discrimination-car-crash
When a worker alleged discrimination, the company sought to keep him quiet : ‘If there is media attention, there will be no deal’
Tesla had a clear message to DeWitt Lambert, a black employee alleging racial discrimination : take our money and stay quiet. “In terms of settlement, we are willing to pay Mr. Lambert [redacted], but only if we are to resolve this matter before there is media attention, preferably within the next few hours,” the Tesla general counsel, Todd Maron, wrote to the (...)