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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago

Musk’s abrupt firing of the team initially seemed like a display of power—a way to assert control and show he could make tough decisions in the face of investor pressure.

A display of power is NOT caving to investor pressure and instead doing what is best for the company. This was a display of weakness.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone who came back to work for him is an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

I'd ask for the salary from the time I was unemployed up front and a contract that guarantees my job on a yearly basis. Elon would never admit to caving to demands, but his yes-men in hiring would never tell him anyway.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago

The whole saga of this shit is just super baffling. It was clearly a well-functioning department that essentially established what has become the national standard EV port… and he fires the team that owns it. Like… wat.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

They just finished building 20 or so chargers in a parking lot by my house when the fucking idiot fired the team. I joked that I guess those chargers were never going to come online.

But I was right. They still aren’t enabled yet.

I bet charging competitors were super grateful for his blunder.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

And yet this twit is held up as an icon of management.

[–] AA5B 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I assumed he threw a tantrum because someone told him “no”. Whether he came to his senses or some huge investor made him come to his senses, I have no idea

[–] bitchkat 15 points 2 days ago

It was gasp a woman.

[–] dustyData 12 points 2 days ago

Much efficiency, such genius.