Yes, but at SpaceX, not Twitter.
Poll: Would You Work for Elon?
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#32Today, no way. Maybe 2 decades ago when I was a teenager and valued money way more. But regardless of his business outcomes, I'm not going to ever work for a manchild throwing public tantrums, who can't be criticised for valid reasons. His decision making process of throwing stuff and seeing what sticks is also something I don't want to deal with every day at work. Life's too short to be a dictator's puppet.
Why would you have done it back when you valued money more given that he doesn't pay more than the competition? In fact he seems to be cutting every possible benefit and increasing hours. Working for his companies doesn't seem like some tradeoff between top compensation and a healthy work environment - his employees are getting neither of these things.
I assumed the context to be something like "would you still work there after the take over", or "would you accept the offer if that was the only big VC place you could get to" rather than "would you apply to work there while having other options". Otherwise, I would agree on just "no".
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#33It's akin to working for Trump IMO. Narcissists are a hard no from me.
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#34We should qualify the poll question with: "... assuming current pay rates and working conditions."
I suspect that nearly 100% would vote "yes" under the right conditions. E.g., $1e7 USD/day, no strings attached.
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#35> I couldn’t help but wonder if any engineers would actually work for this guy going forward and why? Why not? I like money. I don't care about his politics. Or yours. It is called work not daycare for adults. My self esteem is also not wrapped up in the recognition of my peers or whomever I "report" to. Edit: I like how people are downvoting because I answered the wrong way in an open poll. What a bunch of brats. Ma…
Nobody is talking about his politics. They are talking about his management style.
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#36Sure, I doubt he has any need for me. but why not, itll look good on the resume.
There’s a dozen other companies that would look better on a resume.
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#37I'd work for Elon 10 years ago when he was focused on things like making life multi planetary and advancing the electrification of transport. If I didn't have a family I'd work for SpaceX 10 years ago for 1/2 my current pay and pull 80 hour weeks. Elon today seems to be focusing most of his energy on political concerns that are frankly beneath him and very very stupid. Someone with his means and skills should not car…
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#38Today, no way. Maybe 2 decades ago when I was a teenager and valued money way more. But regardless of his business outcomes, I'm not going to ever work for a manchild throwing public tantrums, who can't be criticised for valid reasons. His decision making process of throwing stuff and seeing what sticks is also something I don't want to deal with every day at work. Life's too short to be a dictator's puppet.
Why would you have done it back when you valued money more given that he doesn't pay more than the competition? In fact he seems to be cutting every possible benefit and increasing hours. Working for his companies doesn't seem like some tradeoff between top compensation and a healthy work environment - his employees are getting neither of these things.
I suspect it is more of the situation like at Twitter. You have a job already and you need to decide whether to quit if Elon acquires your company. You might care more about getting a paycheck then whatever nonsense ensues.
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#39I think I could not work with a boss I couldn't have a disagreement with. Just beeing a yes-man is not health for you, your boss and your work. Nobody knows everything better. Criticism is hard to learn.
I have 2 friends who work for Elon (in meetings with him regularly). You can disagree with the man. It’s allowed. You better be standing on solid ground through because the man is smart.
Also, I cannot think of many bosses who you could publicly disagree with on Twitter where being fired isn’t a likely outcome.
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#40no