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Elon Musk says Apple is the 'graveyard' for fired Tesla staff

39 points by indy 11y ago

x5n1 11y ago
Jobs is rolling in his grave for a chance to get back at Musk. Jobs would make him eat his words if he were still around... and vindictively at that.
- collyw 11y ago
  I am sure Musk is really worried.
- draw_down 11y ago
  You people are crazy.
IBM 11y ago
Screenshot of the interview from the source. http://i.imgur.com/r3nBUEe.png http://i.imgur.com/r3nBUEe.png
applecore 11y ago
> Engineers have even less of a chance to recover [from failure]. Technology companies are notorious for disguising layoffs as “low-performer initiatives”, meaning that the company chooses to save its reputation at the expense of the people it must let go. https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/silicon-valley-can-be-beaten/ https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/silicon-vall...
jgalt212 11y ago
I don't know if all stuff Elon says makes him sound unbalanced, but all off the stuff he gets quoted on makes him sound unbalanced.
- deleted 11y ago
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- dennisnedry 11y ago
  It is known that Elon Musk has characteristics of Aspergers Syndrome. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/04/03/why-shades-of-aspergers-syndrome-are-the-secret-to-building-a-great-tech-company/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/04/0...
  - skue 11y ago
    By whom? The Post link you provided didn't mention Musk, and it's an odd, poorly-organized article that conflates drivenness and social awkwardness with Aspergers, when they're not necessarily the same. People with Aspergers are more likely to be socially awkward, but not everyone who is socially awkward has Aspergers. This Post article even includes a story from the Isaacson bio about a young Steve Jobs (who didn't have Aspergers) disrupting a meeting for Seva, while omitting Jobs' emotional reaction and subsequent apology as soon as he left that meeting.
gernig69 11y ago
Lets all circlejerk about the worlds biggest non-profitable company now!
jseliger 11y ago
This is especially interesting in light of Ashley Vance's biography of Musk, since Musk is apparently notorious for firing people over minor oversights, and for driving otherwise excellent people to quit because of his harsh criticism. One could probably assemble a dream team of Tesla and SpaceX staff who've been fired for superficial reasons or who've quit because of the tone, culture, and attitude in those companies.
- Rainymood 11y ago
  >Musk is apparently notorious for firing people over minor oversights, and for driving otherwise excellent people to quit because of his harsh criticism. Sounds exactly like Steve Jobs really
- legitster 11y ago
  I work in a similar environment where the product is brilliant but the environment is miserable and toxic. It makes me wonder if that's the kind of culture that is actually required to drive innovation. I hate to think that way, but sociopaths really seem to get stuff done.
throwaway227736 11y ago
Exactly what Jobs would say of Musk too. They would have been two peas in a pod.

39 points by indy 11y ago

x5n1 11y ago

Jobs is rolling in his grave for a chance to get back at Musk. Jobs would make him eat his words if he were still around... and vindictively at that.

collyw 11y ago
I am sure Musk is really worried.
draw_down 11y ago
You people are crazy.

IBM 11y ago

Screenshot of the interview from the source. http://i.imgur.com/r3nBUEe.png http://i.imgur.com/r3nBUEe.png

applecore 11y ago

> Engineers have even less of a chance to recover [from failure]. Technology companies are notorious for disguising layoffs as “low-performer initiatives”, meaning that the company chooses to save its reputation at the expense of the people it must let go. https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/silicon-valley-can-be-beaten/ https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/silicon-vall...

jgalt212 11y ago

I don't know if all stuff Elon says makes him sound unbalanced, but all off the stuff he gets quoted on makes him sound unbalanced.

deleted 11y ago
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dennisnedry 11y ago
It is known that Elon Musk has characteristics of Aspergers Syndrome. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/04/03/why-shades-of-aspergers-syndrome-are-the-secret-to-building-a-great-tech-company/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/04/0...
- skue 11y ago
  By whom? The Post link you provided didn't mention Musk, and it's an odd, poorly-organized article that conflates drivenness and social awkwardness with Aspergers, when they're not necessarily the same. People with Aspergers are more likely to be socially awkward, but not everyone who is socially awkward has Aspergers. This Post article even includes a story from the Isaacson bio about a young Steve Jobs (who didn't have Aspergers) disrupting a meeting for Seva, while omitting Jobs' emotional reaction and subsequent apology as soon as he left that meeting.

gernig69 11y ago

Lets all circlejerk about the worlds biggest non-profitable company now!

jseliger 11y ago

This is especially interesting in light of Ashley Vance's biography of Musk, since Musk is apparently notorious for firing people over minor oversights, and for driving otherwise excellent people to quit because of his harsh criticism. One could probably assemble a dream team of Tesla and SpaceX staff who've been fired for superficial reasons or who've quit because of the tone, culture, and attitude in those companies.

Rainymood 11y ago
>Musk is apparently notorious for firing people over minor oversights, and for driving otherwise excellent people to quit because of his harsh criticism. Sounds exactly like Steve Jobs really
legitster 11y ago
I work in a similar environment where the product is brilliant but the environment is miserable and toxic. It makes me wonder if that's the kind of culture that is actually required to drive innovation. I hate to think that way, but sociopaths really seem to get stuff done.

throwaway227736 11y ago

Exactly what Jobs would say of Musk too. They would have been two peas in a pod.