Steve Job's return to Apple was not like this at all. For all his faults Jobs was never as erratic as Musk, and he never pulled stunts like causing 80% of the staff to be fired or leave, nor did he ever lock the buildings in Cupertino.

Jobs had his rough edges, but Musk makes him look like the voice of reason, patience, and tact.

And, importantly, while Jobs had strong opinions, he was often willing to let them be challenged, and to be convinced to change his mind.

What did Steve Jobs do? He wasn't even at the company for half the layoffs that happened, and wasn't CEO until they were over. He killed some boondoggles 6 months after being formally named CEO (and over a year after NEXT was acquired).

Looks like I'm not the only one who made the assosiation:

    David Heinemeier Hansson
    November 5, 2022
    Apple fired 4,100 when Steve Jobs returned in 1997 
    https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-fired-4-100-when-steve-jobs-returned-in-1997-57ed6bc6

I'd encourage you to read the source he cites in that blog post - it's clearly very, very different from what Musk is doing.

Sorry, it was the best I could come up with

A broken clock is also right two times a day.

That was ~30% of Apple's staff at the time.

And I think they were on the edge of Bankruptcy

DHH would know a thing or two about pissing off half your employees overnight.