>> My company immediately sues anyone who leave to join a competitor
> So do Elon's companies
Sorry to be pedantic, but there is a big difference between "sues anyone", and Tesla suing what must be a small percentage of leavers.
And your links describe lawsuits not for "leaving and joining a competitor", but for sabotage and trying to walk out with trade secrets, schematics and code.
> And your links describe lawsuits not for "leaving and joining a competitor", but for sabotage and trying to walk out with trade secrets, schematics and code.
To be pedantic, those are just claims Tesla made, and the articles even mention other IP-related suits by Elon's companies that were dropped because they were nonsense.
Even the first link about a $1 million lawsuit over "stolen trade secrets" was actually the farce regarding Martin Tripp. Musk retaliated against Tripp for whistleblowing on safety at Tesla, and then tried to have him murdered by the cops by calling 911 and accusing Tripp of being a mass shooter.
See also: When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower[1]:
> It started with a Twitter meltdown and ended with a fake mass shooter. A former security manager says the company also spied and spread misinformation.
I'm not going to take Tesla at their word when they have an extensive history of using bogus lawsuits to intimidate people.
> I'm not going to take Tesla at their word when they have an extensive history of using bogus lawsuits to intimidate people.
The lawsuit wasn't bogus, and Tesla went on to win that lawsuit, with a large payout from that former employee to Tesla.
I suggest having a more skeptical eye about what you read on the internet. There's a tremendous amount of very motivated reporters out there wanting to write about anything Musk related and will automatically believe any source that disparages Musk or a Musk company in some way. Your "See also" for example wasn't actually a Tesla whistleblower, and Tesla successfully won their case against such fake whistleblower. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-lawsuit-whistleblow...
These reporters have created a false impression about Musk and his companies that's now a sort of shared deception held by many such that they believe Musk companies are bad in some way and will further believe any negative news, causing a self-perpetuating cycle. It's been interesting to watch how it works over the years.
> A former Tesla Inc factory employee will pay Elon Musk’s electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping reporters about alleged production inefficiencies and delays, a court filing shows.
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> According to the court filing, Tripp did not contest Tesla’s claims that he stole trade secrets, and acknowledged that his counterclaims were funded by a short seller of Tesla stock. The filing was signed by Tripp and a Tesla lawyer.
> So do Elon's companies
Sorry to be pedantic, but there is a big difference between "sues anyone", and Tesla suing what must be a small percentage of leavers.
And your links describe lawsuits not for "leaving and joining a competitor", but for sabotage and trying to walk out with trade secrets, schematics and code.