A Tesla é gerida por Elon Musk de forma férrea e com o máximo de secretismo. A empresa aposta nesta diferença para conseguir ter vantagem sobre a concorrência e assim continuar a vingar no mundo automóvel.
Para frisar esta posição, a equipa de segurança da empresa enviou um email aos funcionários da Tesla a alertar para as consequências para a quebra de confidencialidade na empresa.
Os casos de problemas de segurança da Tesla não são muito conhecidos. Esta empresa tenta levar ao extremo esta área essencial e procura manter todas as informações dentro de portas, revelando o mínimo sobre os seus produtos.
Claro que não está imune às fugas de informação, algo que tem ajudado a revelar muito sobre o que se passa no seu seio. É natural que este não é uma situação pretendida e por isso a Tesla resolveu relembrar aos seus funcionários as consequências que os esperam.
Numa mensagem interna, a equipa de segurança desta gigante automóvel veio recordar que todos os funcionários estão sobre a obrigação de sigilo e que não podem revelar dados sobre a Tesla. Esta equipa alertou também para várias campanhas que têm estado a acontecer, em especial nas redes sociais.
Para dar uma ideia do que pode acontecer, a mensagem apresenta vários exemplos recentes de informação trazida a público e que veio de fontes internas. Estas mostram claramente que uma simples informação pode dar origem ao revelar de dados essenciais e secretos para a empresa.
Claro que é também focado um ponto muito importante. Estes comportamentos são de imediato alvo de sanções da empresa, com repercussões posteriores. Estes castigos podem ir ser o despedimento imediato, o pedido de indemnizações ou até processos judiciais.
Na verdade não são muitos os casos conhecidos de ações deste tipo contra a Tesla. Por norma estas situações são circunscritas e resolvidas dentro da empresa. Curiosamente, o email que pede o fim das partilhas de informações acabou também ele por ser divulgado de forma anónima e não autorizada pela empresa.
Leia aqui o email da Tesla na íntegra
Subj. Please Read – Confidentiality Reminder
If you read the news, you know that there is an intense amount of public interest in anything related to Tesla. As a result of our success, we will continue to see an interest from people who will do anything to see us fail. This includes people who are actively seeking proprietary information for their own gain, targeting Tesla employees through personal networks or on social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. These solicitations are not only potentially damaging to our company, they can also be illegal, putting you and your colleagues/friends at risk for termination or even the possibility of criminal charges.
As an employee and a shareholder, each of us has a responsibility to safeguard all information and technology we use and generate every day.
When anyone joins Tesla, they agree they “will hold in strictest confidence and will not disclose, use, lecture upon or publish” any of Tesla’s confidential and proprietary information. Tesla will take action against those who improperly leak proprietary business information or violate the non-disclosure obligations to which we all agreed. This includes termination of employment, claims for damages, and even criminal charges. If you would like another copy of your Confidentiality Agreement, please send an email to your HR partner or email [HR email address redacted].
If you receive a solicitation for information via social media do not respond and please forward it directly to [Security email address redacted].
The security team will determine whether any additional action is necessary.
We recognize that not everyone who leaks information may be doing so intentionally or with an intent to harm the company. To that point, we ask that you assume what you are working on is sensitive, and do not share details of your work with friends, family, or people outside the organization.
Contact [Security email address redacted] if you think you or your team may benefit from training or a more complete understanding of how to protect our intellectual property and confidential business information.
If you’re unsure about what constitutes unacceptable behavior, illegal disclosures or theft of intellectual property, here are some recent examples to illustrate inappropriate conduct and the potential consequences:
* This month, an employee posted the dial-in information of an internal meeting on social media. This employee was identified and terminated the following day.
* A felony charge was filed last month against a former employee who exfiltrated confidential business information from the Tesla domain to his personal account and threatened to disclose confidential company information.
* A former employee uploaded Tesla intellectual property to a personal iCloud account and left the company for a competitor. Tesla filed a lawsuit and is suing him for stealing trade secrets.
* Tesla filed a lawsuit against former employees and a competitor for stealing proprietary information and trade secrets to help the competitor leapfrog past years of work needed to develop and run its own warehousing, logistics, and inventory control operations.
* In January an employee was identified for sharing confidential business information on Twitter, including production numbers, with journalists. The employee was terminated for violating their NDA and Tesla’s Communications policy.
It’s every employee’s responsibility to honor and sustain our culture of progress and sharing, while still abiding by company policy. To do otherwise would be a disservice to your colleagues, our mission, and the hard work you do every day. Thank you for doing your part to advance Tesla’s mission by raising awareness and protecting your valuable work.