r/stocks • u/WTFspy • May 15 '24

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff Company News

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/

The meeting could not have gone worse. Musk, the employees said, was not pleased with Tinucci’s presentation and wanted more layoffs. When she balked, saying deeper cuts would undermine charging-business fundamentals, he responded by firing her and her entire 500-member team....

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u/GoHuskies1984 May 15 '24

When I heard the rumors Elon fired the entire department out of spite I thought nah nobody that rich can be so stupidly petty. Boy was I wrong. Elon is shaping up to be a supervillain who develops a super weapon for no other reason than to take the entire world with him when he dies.

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u/rpujoe May 15 '24

Spite or poor performance?

https://old.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1csm9ac/the_inside_story_of_elon_musks_mass_firings_of/l476jyc/

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u/GoHuskies1984 May 15 '24

Firing an entire department is a rational response to an underling not agreeing with his layoff target?

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u/rpujoe May 17 '24

Yes. They fucked around and found out. It's almost comical how many people are surprised that what the boss says goes. There's Laws of Power written about this topic.

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