Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Has a Musk Imposed ‘Code of Secrecy’ Within Its Ranks

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People could not be hired at Tesla Inc. (NASDAQTSLA) without signing an agreement restricting them from spreading proprietary information, according to the company’s senior director of human resources for production and supply chain.

Mr. Hedges testified that Tesla has had confidentiality policies since before he joined in Y 2015, and that in Y 2016, following concerns about leaks, the company decided to also have its existing employees sign an acknowledgment that they would continue to abide by CEO Musk’s confidentiality rules.

“We were asked to make sure that everyone remembered” the confidentiality policy, he said. Managers were told to “let people know why we were having them sign the acknowledgment, and that it was because of leaks.”

Tesla has said that all of the labor board’s allegations are false.

Tuesday, Tesla’s attorney, Mark Ross, said that he could seek to question the labor board’s regional director regarding her handling of allegations against the company.

Stephan Graminger, Tesla’s former director of body manufacturing, testified Wednesday that he made the decision to terminate the employee who the labor board alleged was illegally fired, and that the employee’s union activity played no role in the decision.

Mr. Hedges revealed at the start of his Wednesday testimony that he has recently tendered his resignation to the company, effective 5 October. He currently reports to Vice President of People and Places Kevin Kassekert.

Mr. Hedges testified that while working at Palo Alto, California-based Tesla he visited a Facebook page for the UAW’s organizing campaign more than 10X.

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