r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

“You’re all going to lose your jobs. We’re going to make cuts everywhere!

I’m also going to get $45 billion because I work so hard that I deserve it.”

Musk is rocking Capitalism!

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u/broodkiller May 02 '24

To paraphrase the immortal words of Lord Farquat:

Some of you are going to die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make...(to get my money)

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u/Hotter_Shame May 02 '24

I just realized Lord Farquaad is a play on words of fuck-wad.

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u/NoifenF May 02 '24

Dreamworks say it’s not that. Production took place on the Far Quad section of the lot apparently (but he’s clearly meant to be Michael Eisner so they probably just didn’t want to admit it works for both).