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It seems ill-advised to hire an employee who's under investigation at one of your other companies in a ranking position, but then again, Elon Musk is far from an ordinary CEO<\/a>.<\/p> That's on full display as SpaceX hires Tesla's Texas plant lieutenant Omead Afshar, who according to sources close to the matter that spoke to Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> has been brought on as vice president of Starship production.<\/p> Over the summer, Afshar — reportedly a close confidante of Musk's — was, as the news site reported at the time<\/a>, under internal investigation for a sketchy plan he allegedly had to buy difficult-to-source construction materials for Tesla. During the investigation, some of the executive's subordinates were fired. But Afshar himself seems to have had a golden, well, Starship.<\/p> And pickle ball! https:\/\/t.co\/InqxFkip7y<\/a><\/p> — Omead Afshar (@omead) November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> It remains unclear whether Afshar is still working at Tesla as well, or if he was shuffled over to SpaceX as a result of his investigation. Sources did, however, tell Bloomberg <\/em>that he hasn't been seen at Tesla's Austin plant in weeks.<\/p> Whether he was moved from Tesla to SpaceX or is working both companies, it wouldn't be the first time for either. Musk sent has shuffled Tesla employees to SpaceX<\/a> previously and even sent them to Twitter<\/a> in recent weeks. And as Bloomberg<\/em> notes, another of his close consigliere<\/strong>s, Charles Keuhmann, is an executive at both companies.<\/p> To make this kind of hiring move would be weird enough in a regular context, but the fact that Musk is doing so while wreaking havoc over at his other<\/em> new company<\/a> makes it seem all the stranger.<\/p> More on Musk: <\/strong>MSN Ran a Story About Grimes and Elon Musk That's Completely Fake<\/em><\/a><\/p> The post A Tesla Executive Under Investigation Is Now Working at SpaceX for Some Reason<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> View post:<\/p> A Tesla Executive Under Investigation Is Now Working at SpaceX for Some Reason<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Making Moves It seems ill-advised to hire an employee who's under investigation at one of your other companies in a ranking position, but then again, Elon Musk is far from an ordinary CEO . Continue reading Shuffleboard<\/h2>