> Termination due to non-performance can also hit a performer. If everyone is meeting the success criteria, then still trying to fire lower 10% is Darwinian vi

> Termination due to non-performance can also hit a performer. If everyone is meeting the success criteria, then still trying to fire lower 10% is Darwinian view of the world. This also means objective enough criteria exists to judge the poor performers. In reality, that guy in the corner with his head down get fired because he is too busy to make connections and show how valuable he is. This specific case seems harsher because a lot of these people assembled under Mr. Musk's banner because they thought they were working for a cause. I am sure many of them have took paycuts, toiled above and beyond expectations because they thought they were working for a cause. In my view this is not a fair at all. > They are. Within the constrains of culture and law. Agreed but every lawful and culturally acceptable things are not right necessarily.