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A former Tesla engineer says the company silenced her entire team after they brought up safety and quality issues
Tripp claims that Tesla, which filed a lawsuit against him in June, falsely accused him of hacking into the company's operating system. He also alleges Tesla waged a smear campaign against him in order to silence his claims of poor part quality and waste at the company.
For another former Tesla employee, Cristina Balan, Tripp's story feels familiar.
Balan began working for Tesla as an engineer in 2010. In a series of interviews with Business Insider, Balan said she was pushed out of Tesla four years later.
Balan says this happened shortly after she and her seven-member interior-design team shared concerns with their superiors about poor part quality and waste they observed on the job. Balan sued Tesla alleging discrimination, retaliation, and other issues. A multiyear arbitration ensued.
Business Insider reviewed emails, testimonies, text messages, and other information from Balan's tangle with Tesla.
- Martin Tripp, a former Tesla employee being sued by the company, has filed counterclaims including allegations that Tesla tried to intimidate him after he spoke out about waste, quality, and safety issues.
- Another former Tesla employee, Cristina Balan, told Business Insider the company silenced her and seven other employees on her team who internally voiced concerns over waste and quality.
- Tesla ignored repeated requests for comment on this story.
- At a 2014 meeting, Balan and Tesla's interior-design team voiced concerns about the quality and safety of some of Tesla's parts. She claims that these concerns were ignored by Tesla and that she was then pushed out of the company.
- She later initiated an arbitration with Tesla claiming whistleblower status and alleging discrimination and retaliation.
Tripp claims that Tesla, which filed a lawsuit against him in June, falsely accused him of hacking into the company's operating system. He also alleges Tesla waged a smear campaign against him in order to silence his claims of poor part quality and waste at the company.
For another former Tesla employee, Cristina Balan, Tripp's story feels familiar.
Balan began working for Tesla as an engineer in 2010. In a series of interviews with Business Insider, Balan said she was pushed out of Tesla four years later.
Balan says this happened shortly after she and her seven-member interior-design team shared concerns with their superiors about poor part quality and waste they observed on the job. Balan sued Tesla alleging discrimination, retaliation, and other issues. A multiyear arbitration ensued.
Business Insider reviewed emails, testimonies, text messages, and other information from Balan's tangle with Tesla.