Elon Musk denies scolding employee for taking time off to witness childbirth
Elon Musk has denied writing or speaking a quotation in which he supposedly chastised a Tesla employee for missing an event to witness the birth of his child. The quote — lifted from an authorized biography of the entrepreneur by business journalist Ashlee Vance and published by The Washington Post — reads: “That is no excuse. I am extremely disappointed. You need to figure out where your priorities are. We’re changing the world and changing history, and you either commit or you don’t.”
@voxdotcom I have never written or said this. Ashlee’s book was not independently fact-checked. Should be taken w a grain of salt.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2015
Musk, however, said in a tweet that he had “never written or said this” and…
Source:: The Verge