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Man, people are so assumptive and negative about one of the world's greatest innovators today. Hasn't he earned any respect? I know layoffs are really tough

Man, people are so assumptive and negative about one of the world's greatest innovators today. Hasn't he earned any respect? I know layoffs are really tough but does anyone really believe there was no reason for them at Twitter? He's got a tough task in front of him and getting to the barebones team of mission driven people seems like a plausible first step towards a better tomorrow. The assumption that only the worst employees will stay seems odd to me, I would bet that there's some population of employees that believe in their new ceo and believe what he is doing is necessary for a chance at a thriving company.

unsupp0rted 4y ago
I give him a lot of leeway, but it's not what he's doing so much as how he's doing it. The sloppiness of it gives people an excuse to pile on.
short_sells_poo 4y ago
I'm sorry but the only thing Musk has shown in the last couple of years is blatant market manipulation, kneejerk reactions and poor choices. It's great that he "supports" enterprises like SpaceX and Tesla, but more and more evidence points to these companies succeeding despite him, not thanks to him. This is anecdotal of course, but pretty much every single one of my friends - even the staunch Muskovites - are really scratching their heads at his behavior and choices. He may well be the awkward genius that was his prior image, but right now he is being widely perceived as a tantrum throwing privileged man child who had success fired at him from a high speed rotary cannon and he managed to avoid destroying it by the skin of his teeth. The way he publicly talks about his employees and how his approach seems to be to human beings can only be described as sociopathic. Again, there may well be an army of overpaid engineers at Twitter just twiddling their thumbs, but the expectation that people will somehow fall over themselves and sacrifice their personal life so that Elon Musk can add another couple of dozens of billions to his wealth is preposterous. He went from being an advocate for humankind to coming across as a robber baron who cares nothing for the wellbeing of those who work for him. As if it was somehow a privilege to work for him.
ncallaway 4y ago
> Hasn't he earned any respect? In the past, I respected him a fair amount. He did, in my mind, earn respect. However, his behavior over the last several years, has burned that respect to the ground. His behavior over the last several months has dug a deep pit into the earth. And his behavior over the last several weeks has dumped the ashes of that respect into the ground and covered it with concrete. You can earn respect, but you can also lose respect. He's done so much to lose every ounce of respect he ever earned.

unsupp0rted 4y ago

I give him a lot of leeway, but it's not what he's doing so much as how he's doing it. The sloppiness of it gives people an excuse to pile on.

short_sells_poo 4y ago

I'm sorry but the only thing Musk has shown in the last couple of years is blatant market manipulation, kneejerk reactions and poor choices. It's great that he "supports" enterprises like SpaceX and Tesla, but more and more evidence points to these companies succeeding despite him, not thanks to him. This is anecdotal of course, but pretty much every single one of my friends - even the staunch Muskovites - are really scratching their heads at his behavior and choices. He may well be the awkward genius that was his prior image, but right now he is being widely perceived as a tantrum throwing privileged man child who had success fired at him from a high speed rotary cannon and he managed to avoid destroying it by the skin of his teeth. The way he publicly talks about his employees and how his approach seems to be to human beings can only be described as sociopathic. Again, there may well be an army of overpaid engineers at Twitter just twiddling their thumbs, but the expectation that people will somehow fall over themselves and sacrifice their personal life so that Elon Musk can add another couple of dozens of billions to his wealth is preposterous. He went from being an advocate for humankind to coming across as a robber baron who cares nothing for the wellbeing of those who work for him. As if it was somehow a privilege to work for him.

ncallaway 4y ago

> Hasn't he earned any respect? In the past, I respected him a fair amount. He did, in my mind, earn respect. However, his behavior over the last several years, has burned that respect to the ground. His behavior over the last several months has dug a deep pit into the earth. And his behavior over the last several weeks has dumped the ashes of that respect into the ground and covered it with concrete. You can earn respect, but you can also lose respect. He's done so much to lose every ounce of respect he ever earned.