Let’s just be unnecessarily skeptical. Follow me on this line of thinking. “Hmm Elon has a reputation for not liking hard workers (the comment in his book abou

Let’s just be unnecessarily skeptical. Follow me on this line of thinking. “Hmm Elon has a reputation for not liking hard workers (the comment in his book about him getting mad the spacex parking lot wasn’t sufficiently busy on a Saturday), he’s doing a massive layoff, he’s stated this random goal (finish this or get fired)…..hmmm….ok team let’s do this: photograph me sleeping and post it, and then if I don’t get fired for being perceived as working hard, I’ll make sure you’re protected too”. There is zero chance you’d post a twitter photo of your boss in that setting without pre clearing their permission. Also, as a former investment banker, I’ve slept under my desk a few times and always kept a sleeping bag hidden away. If you’re actually working hard you know how you do this? You either close and lock your office door, or go out of your way to obscure what you’re doing….no one wants to know or see you’re sleeping at the office like an animal. Of course that’s the most skeptical least trustful view. Still, let’s take a grain of salt. The amount of PR she’s generated from that picture is massive. Assume she gets fired now; due to preempting with the sleeping on the floor pic, it’d cause a massive backlash. So in a way she purchased insurance, if you want to be cynical, for herself in a very calculated way.