‘There are too many MBAs operating America’
‘There are too many MBAs operating America’ — Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a ruthless savage when firing his staff.
Final 12 months, Elon wielded his energy as the brand new proprietor of Twitter axing 6000 staff together with HR staff, entrepreneurs, and even a handful of high-ranking executives.
Not stopping there, he additional tapered the staff by terminating dozens of software program engineers.
So let me get this straight:
The 1st step: Fireplace all of the ineffective folks
Step two: Fireplace all of the helpful folks, too
I’ve nothing in opposition to advertising and marketing and HR. They’re each vital cogs within the system, however Elon deciding to sacrifice his engineer’s livelihoods has bitten him within the ass like no different.
As of final week, Elon is suing Mark Zuckerberg as a result of he believes former Twitter engineers helped create his new app “Threads.”
Right here’s how a cutthroat firing technique can simply backfire.
Let me put this into perspective: if Threads got here out earlier than Elon acquired Twitter it might be laughed at for being the pathetic knockoff that it’s. Twitter is so chaotic that another goober troop in Silicon Valley can kick out an imitation and obtain a heat reception.
Is any of this Elon’s fault? No. Possibly?
You possibly can’t ignore how downright ugly the Twitter firing spree was, particularly when Elon made daring sardonic claims like this: