A SpaceX Employee Says He Was Fired for the Most Insane Reason

A SpaceX Employee Says He Was Fired for the Most Insane Reason This is crazy. Loo Rights A former SpaceX employee who has Crohn's disease says his bathroom visits were carefully timed — and that he was fired after he took too long. According to a federal discrimination lawsuit obtained by The Independent, 58-year-old Douglas Altshuler's former managers at the Elon Musk-owned space company "threatened termination if [he] used the bathroom too often." It's a particularly egregious situation, considering the severity of Altshuler's condition. People living with Crohn's, a debilitating inflammatory bowel disease, often require immediate access to a restroom or risk having an accident. Even after Altshuler confronted management with a doctor's note outlining his condition, his grievance was dismissed as "unsubstantiated," according to the suit, and he wound up being fired for "alleged deficient performance." Frequent Visitor The lawsuit goes far beyond his access to the restroom, al ... Read full article.