India, May 13 -- A former Tesla manager has accused Elon Musk of halting the company's growth, adding that he was fired for speaking the "truth". Matthew LaBrot wrote an open letter titled "Tesla Employees Against Elon", alleging that Elon Musk's statement about cutting spending less time on DOGE and "focusing" more on Tesla is "tone-deaf and insulting".

"I was fired from my dream job at Tesla. Pretty punchy headline, right? Unfortunately, it's not clickbait, I was let go from Tesla nearly two weeks ago," Matthew LaBrot wrote on LinkedIn.

"You might be asking, 'How is that possible? Weren't you and your team absolutely crushing it? Weren't you revolutionising frontline Learning & Development programs, increasing engagement, improving kn...