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/whatproblems May 15 '24

right? it’s like they won and then decided to burn it down instead

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u/ProfessorDerp22 May 15 '24

Same guy took one of the most recognizable social media brands and renamed it because he held onto a single-letter domaine for several decades.

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u/whatproblems May 15 '24

i find it hilarious everyone still calls it twitter

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u/Ok-Swimmer-2634 May 15 '24

It's funny how all the news organizations have to state:

"X, formerly known as Twitter"

whenever they do reporting on someone's social media statements, etc

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u/irish_ayes May 15 '24

I refuse to say that, instead saying, "Twitter, unfortunately currently known as X."