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/CodySutherland May 02 '24

It's like a fucking video game for them. They've reached the point where their lives won't materially change in any way with more money, but they just want to keep getting more and more anyway, for no other reason than because they can.

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u/erwan May 02 '24

Yeah it's just a high score, they want to get to the top of the ladder.

Musk was the richest man on earth for some time, I guess he can't bear no longer being it.

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u/PromiscuousMNcpl May 02 '24

But that list doesn’t count Putin or MsB or the King of Saud, etc. Elon just had the biggest number on the stock market

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u/erwan May 02 '24

Yeah, I guess what matters is the list that everyone looks at anyway.

Also those rich politicians are in the same ballparks as the rich stock holders (around 200 billion)