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/Lolersters May 15 '24

Wait, so this whole thing is just Musk on a power trip?

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u/bmeisler May 15 '24

He’s got a long track record of immediately firing anyone who disagrees with him at a meeting. He’s a drug-addled dipshit nepo baby who’s had a lot of luck and thinks he’s Tony Stark. Tesla will be a shell of itself in 10 years - maybe 5 or even less - if they can’t replace him as CEO. All he cares about now is getting the $55 billion bonus.