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Re:Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not vouched ... by sjwright on Sunday May 06, 2018 @07:09PM (#17009169)
I think Elon was pretty clear that he considers the situation to be seriously wrong, hence the extreme approach. It's a refreshing attitude; this sort of problem is common in most large companies.
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Re:Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not vouched ... by ryguytilidie on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:37AM (#17011404)
Yeah, a startup founder seeing a problem and having a clumsy, heavy handed, poorly thought out reaction is super refreshing. Hadn't been this refreshed since like, Friday.
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Re:Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not vouched ... by mygo on Monday May 07, 2018 @01:19PM (#17014526)
you know he founded PayPal, right?

Which sold to eBay for $1.5b

His first company was acquired by Compaq for almost half a billion.

He’s listed by Forbes as one of the top 25 most powerful people on earth.

Tesla is a 15 year old company.

I feel like “startup founder” should not the operating phrase here.

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Re:Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not vouched ... by zimpenfish on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @01:31AM (#17019022)
Not to diminish his achievements but...

> you know he founded PayPal, right?

Confinity (Levchin, Thiel, Nosek, no Musk) launched PayPal in late 1999. X.com (founded by Musk) merged with Confinity in March 2000. In no way can Musk be considered a "founder" of PayPal.

> His first company was acquired by Compaq for almost half a billion.

Zip2? $340M. Nowhere near half a billion and that was in 1999 at the height of the ridiculous tech bubble.

The man's done a lot of stuff - there's no need to embellish them.

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Re:Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not vouched ... by imnotadoctor999 on Sunday May 06, 2018 @09:04PM (#17009676)
I agree. Tesla is only worried about one thing right now: they are about to run out of money. If Elon has identified that contractors aren't providing the necessary ROI or at least traceability to the ROI, he's making a smart choice to let them go. Tesla is, in the view of some, on the brink of failure, where failure is defined as insolvency.
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