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He's the CEO of five companies and he just landed in Qatar to party at the world cup. His worth ethic is suspect and the stuff of myths. Supposedly he never sto

He's the CEO of five companies and he just landed in Qatar to party at the world cup. His worth ethic is suspect and the stuff of myths. Supposedly he never stops working but he's an expert at Elden Ring.

wongarsu 4y ago
Musk being CEO is not really like a startup founder being CEO. For example at SpaceX the company is basically run by Gwynne Shotwell, with Elon being the visionary and face of the company, with the clout and authority to dive deep into any part of the company he thinks is important right now and help facilitate or micro-manage stuff. But when he is occupied elsewhere for a couple months the gears keep turning without him just fine. I imagine his other companies (with the notable exception of Twitter) work the same.
- cactusplant7374 4y ago
  * A few months ago SpaceX was on the verge of bankruptcy according to Musk. * Tesla's stock is down and they haven't done any innovation in a long time. FSD is a complete failure. Musk's tweets are hurting the brand. People don't want to buy an alt-right electric car and Elon has become the brand. * Revenue dramatically decreased at Twitter since Musk took over the company. Likely headed towards bankruptcy in the near future. * Neuralink is a pipe dream that conducts unnecessary experiments that kill animals. He copied all the experiments of the lead academic researcher and passed them off as his own. There is nothing novel about what they have done. * Boring Co. hasn't built anything of value. In fact, they have backed out of numerous projects. It's a complete and total dereliction of duty.
sandworm101 4y ago
He doesnt stop working. Thats the great thing about being boss: you get to define what "working" means. In his mind, what he is doing in Quatar qualifies as work. He probably deducts expenses, those he doesnt just charge to whatever company he thinks most benefits from his travels on a given day.
concordDance 4y ago
I think you're making the mistake of assuming the amount he works per week is constant, rather than varying from 80 hours during hell year to 20 when things are going fine. There are a LOT of sources on him having worked very long hours at points.
- cactusplant7374 4y ago
  > when things are going fine. Things are not going fine. Things are on fire. How do you buy a company and immediately lose 50% of the revenue? That is a shocking failure.

wongarsu 4y ago

Musk being CEO is not really like a startup founder being CEO. For example at SpaceX the company is basically run by Gwynne Shotwell, with Elon being the visionary and face of the company, with the clout and authority to dive deep into any part of the company he thinks is important right now and help facilitate or micro-manage stuff. But when he is occupied elsewhere for a couple months the gears keep turning without him just fine. I imagine his other companies (with the notable exception of Twitter) work the same.

cactusplant7374 4y ago
* A few months ago SpaceX was on the verge of bankruptcy according to Musk. * Tesla's stock is down and they haven't done any innovation in a long time. FSD is a complete failure. Musk's tweets are hurting the brand. People don't want to buy an alt-right electric car and Elon has become the brand. * Revenue dramatically decreased at Twitter since Musk took over the company. Likely headed towards bankruptcy in the near future. * Neuralink is a pipe dream that conducts unnecessary experiments that kill animals. He copied all the experiments of the lead academic researcher and passed them off as his own. There is nothing novel about what they have done. * Boring Co. hasn't built anything of value. In fact, they have backed out of numerous projects. It's a complete and total dereliction of duty.

sandworm101 4y ago

He doesnt stop working. Thats the great thing about being boss: you get to define what "working" means. In his mind, what he is doing in Quatar qualifies as work. He probably deducts expenses, those he doesnt just charge to whatever company he thinks most benefits from his travels on a given day.

concordDance 4y ago

I think you're making the mistake of assuming the amount he works per week is constant, rather than varying from 80 hours during hell year to 20 when things are going fine. There are a LOT of sources on him having worked very long hours at points.

cactusplant7374 4y ago
> when things are going fine. Things are not going fine. Things are on fire. How do you buy a company and immediately lose 50% of the revenue? That is a shocking failure.