Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by friedman23 » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

I would but only for the right price. From what I understand he pays people less than industry standard and also asks them to work obscene hours? You have to be deep in the Elon Musk delusion to consider that when there are companies that pay a multiple of what his companies pay and ask for less of your time.

edit: oh, and if you have stock appreciation that Elon deems to be too much he fires you

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by nottorp » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/elon-musk-new-rule-for-...

No?

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by newaccount2021 » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by jefozabuss » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

No, since I value my mental health better than to walk on eggshells all day with whatever I do being afraid for my job security and take a quick trip to burning out due to overworking myself.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by elif » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:01 PM UTC

it wrote: post #10

How did he gaslight them? I'm scrolling through his tweets and not finding any gaslighting, but maybe I didn't scroll far enough.

If you take the side of every cringing junior engineer as gospel, Elon's technical explanations can only be believed to be deceit.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by iLoveOncall » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:01 PM UTC

If I can work 40 hours a week and he pays me more than competitors, sure.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by arcticfox » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:01 PM UTC

stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

His management style is not the worst thing about the guy. If all the legends about him were true (superhuman BS detector, genius level IQ, laser sharp focus) I'd be happy to be part of the team. Unfortunately, I think his main talent is the uncanny ability to overhype himself. He is lucky that a side effect of this ability helped him hire and motivate really good engineers. Thay might not be sufficient in the long r…

It’s sad because I want the legends to be true and I thought they were for a long time.

Now that he’s showing his true colors, it’s clear that they are not.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by nano9 » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

Yes, absolutely. I like his candor, and honestly I get fairly demoralized when I have to work alongside underperforming peers. Nobody likes to talk about the form of workplace toxicity that manifests in the form of lazy coworkers who ride off your successes, pigeonholing you into being the team workhorse.

If Elon is getting rid of those people, more power to him.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by Apreche » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

I have an extremely high moral standard for choosing employment. There is a long list of industries I won't work in, projects I won't work on, and people I won't work with. The bar is very very high, and Elon is pretty close to the floor. Even if there were a period of economic distress that forced me to lower my bar, I think I'd just risk it all, live in a van, and go it alone before working with someone like that.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

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Post by pavlov » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

I’m not interested in working for anyone who thinks it’s a great idea to send out a mandatory web link where you either sign a statement saying “I pledge to work hardcore and tirelessly for the singular product vision of our mighty leader” or you’re immediately fired.

This happened last night:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/16/musk-tw...

At this point he’s just actively looking to surround himself with fawning fans and yes men exclusively.