A friend of mine who worked at one of Elon's companies for a number of years was often flabbergasted by the hubris involved in a culture that seemed to insist o

A friend of mine who worked at one of Elon's companies for a number of years was often flabbergasted by the hubris involved in a culture that seemed to insist on repeating almost every single mistake of the past in search of solutions known to those skilled in the art. Valuable time and very large amounts of money are being wasted on engaging in a constant game of reinventing the wheel. I was told many people brought this up to Elon internally, often with materially negative effect for them. My friend never did, BTW, because he saw what happened and didn't want any part of it. He kept his mouth shut and moved-on on to a competitor where engineers don't waste time and money reinventing every last thing. He said that Elon is a very smart and truly remarkable guy, but one who lives in an echo chamber within which nobody has the balls to oppose him. Elon seems to be known for unleashing verbal hell in meetings at anyone who dares, insulting them and generally chopping them up in front of their colleagues. Very soon nobody wants to say anything more than necessary, if that. Everyone is in fear of going into a meeting with Elon and getting shredded. The above is an account I heard from a third party. I have no clue as to the veracity of these statements. The reader is advised to assume them to be false and conduct their own research.