Contractor purge: 'Time to scrub off the barnacles'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: May 2018 (Reported by Electrek on Sunday May 6, 2018; sent in the preceding days (it sets a deadline of 'Monday'))
To:: All Tesla employees

Please note my comment below about contractor companies and consultants. I extended the performance evaluation deadline to provide more opportunity to demonstrate excellence, but now time is up. Please send a note to HR before Monday justifying the excellence, necessity and trustworthiness by individual (not just the contractor company as a whole) of every non-Tesla person who has badge access to our buildings or network access to our systems. By default, anyone who does not have a Tesla employee putting their reputation on the line for them will be denied access to our facilities and networks on Monday morning. This applies worldwide. Time to scrub off the barnacles. Thanks, Elon

About this email

Following up on his April 17 warning to contractors, Musk says time is up: every non-Tesla person with badge or network access must be personally vouched for by a Tesla employee or lose access worldwide on Monday morning.

Notes

'My comment below' refers to the contractor paragraphs of the April 17, 2018 'Progress, Precision and Profit' email, which this message forwarded.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: contractors, cost-cutting, security, access

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