Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by employee

Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by woodandsteel on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:52AM (#17344113)

There's something really sad about all the people who are claiming that Musk has developed deep psychological problems in recent months.

Do they really think these claims are going to stop people from buying his cars, or stop big companies from hiring SpaceX to launch their satellites into orbit? Or that it will cause the megafactory to be a total failure?

I think what we are seeing here is speculators who have bet deeply on Tesla's stock crashing and are about to be wiped out. They are desperately trying anything they can to undermine the company, even though they know it is very unlikely to succeed.

To those who are so critical of Musk I ask, what is your prediction about how the company will be doing in 6 months or a year? And give us some specific reasons, not just some vague claims about Musk's mental state.

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by Tomte on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:37AM (#17344274)

Prediction: they will raise new capital.

Because if not, prediction 2: bankruptcy at the end of the year.

Reasons: widely reported ginancial status of Tesla, based on official publications.

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by coatmatter on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:10AM (#17353949)

What if Musk supplied the required capital himself?

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by wedn3sday on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:24AM (#17344226)

I think TSLA is a great company that makes great products, but I also think their stock price is over valued right now. It would be a miracle if they hit the 5k cars/week target (I hope they do).

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by FortNightLord on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:02AM (#17344149)

You hit it on the head. It's either just not real, Musk is actually developing some issues, or people have learned to use bots (duh) to persuade public opinion (where have we heard this before??)

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by mmjaa on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:24AM (#17344228)

I think the real story here is what does a person do when they've accomplished so much, that the jealousy levels around them are so damn high?

I mean, I read this thread to gain some insight into what other technology/innovation people do when it comes to dealing with subterfuge and sabotage - and so far, there's nothing in this thread besides jealousy, vitriol and intolerance.

Its very telling when a technologically-inclined in-group starts to eat its heroes. We truly are cannibalistic, as a species, at heart.

Jealousy/envy, distrust, degradation: these seem to be far more powerful forces than sabotage and subterfuge. I wonder if there is any concerted effort to foment such? Sure seems like it.

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