There’s also the bit where Tesla, like most tech companies, has a bunch of people on H1-B visas - for those folks, the visa is tied to that particular job with that particular employer. Which is a bigger issue, as there’s a fair bit of exploitation stemming from that system. But would explain why a bunch of people on…

Those insane mortgages come with insane total compensation, so they are exceedingly unlikely to be living paycheck to paycheck, plus they have at least 3 months severance. I’m sure some may return but not out of desperation.

“When she pushed back, he not only fired her but also got rid of her entire team at the same time.”

Cybertruck owner has a cannabis business. That tracks. What doesn’t track is that he likes to be different but is also shy, and those three facts don’t jibe. He thought he was gonna be king bro with a CT and is disappointed by the harsh reality of the many people with eyes that see in his city, and who instinctually re…

That’s the one I was reaching for. 

Look up Section 179 tax deductions. Heavy SUVs, pickups, and vans over 6,000 lb GVWR that get more than 50% business-use. Business-use is not defined by how much that payload is used. So this guy (or doctors & other business owners) can haul a box of papers around “for business” and then they get to write off the…

I’ll be there first to make fun of people who buy the CT, but I think there’s no reason to be angry at or spit on someone’s car. It’s a fucking car, it didn’t bully you in high school or something. 

Holy crap, what an immature child. I am so never buying a Tesla as long as he is CEO, and for probably at least one design cycle after that, given that I have issues with the cars themselves and not just what an asshole Musk is. (No instrument panel? No Android Auto/CarPlay, in 2024? WTF people?)

No matter what you think of the truck or anyone who buys them, yelling profanities at him, giving the guy the finger and spitting on/scratching his property makes you as bad if not worse of a person.

Absolutely top-notch, truly exceptional leadership being shown by Musk. No wonder the board loves him and wants to pay him all the monies.

I simply cannot imagine working my ass off, then being told that the world’s richest man (give or take) has just doubled my workload (with no pay bump) because he child-like reflexively fired colleagues for shits and sexism and minor cost savings.

I just want to know if this car was filed as a business expense.

The true(er*) measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good - Samuel Johnson (I think)

“According to two former employees, Tesla’s energy division, which sells solar systems and battery storage were already struggling to handle their workload before they were forced to take on the Supercharger team’s workload.”

I totally agree with your sentiment, but you got to remember these guys are probably working in CA and have like $5k/month rent or insane mortgages plus other bills. It can easily take 3-6 months to find a new job, too. I remember that Chargepoint also had layoffs this year, so it’s not like there is a huge demand…

Maybe Sandy Munro can explain how this is just an example of Musk playing four dimensional chess. Or some such garbage.

Knowing it was a tantrum makes the most sense. It’s the, “I’m so tough I can kick myself in the nuts!” philosophy. That and I assumed he figured he could hire many of them back at lower pay.

It was simply Musk getting mad at someone for pushing back on what he was asking for and punishing the entire team as part of his tantrum.

There’ no fucking way I would go back to a company that fired me on the whims of a child. This is the kind of business strategy you get from a guy whose reaction to opposition is ‘Go fuck yourself’, or as he put stupidly put it, ‘G. F. Y.’

I know it sounds like some of that department has been rehired, but I really hope most of them landed elsewhere and told that temper tantrum prone toddler to kick rocks.