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> There are people who can fire the CEO if they think he's damaging the company's reputation. They called the "board of directors".

Sounds like getting enough employees to write a letter criticizing the CEO and damaging his reputation is a pretty good way to get the board's attention then?

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Barring some sort of Carl Icahn "activist investor" forcing themselves on to the board, I don't see SpaceX changing anything. Bad PR doesn't affect a company which makes its money mostly through long-term government contracts, and common sentiment is that Tesla/SpaceX long had the boards purged of dissenters and populated with "loyal soliders" to Musk's cause.

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