Musk isn't going to somehow accurately identify the worst performers. You lose good people too when laying off half the workforce. Not just that, but the treatm

Musk isn't going to somehow accurately identify the worst performers. You lose good people too when laying off half the workforce. Not just that, but the treatment of those who remain is likely to be really poor. Did Musk wipe out their RSUs? I don't know, but he has incentive and that special lack of empathy needed to cut their pay. The union protects all of the employees.