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(130,946 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2025, 01:48 PM Sep 25

Elon Musk sparks backlash after issuing 48-hour assignment to employees: 'This is due by noon on Thursday' [View all]

Elon Musk once again wants workers to justify their worth.

The billionaire CEO of xAI sent an email to the artificial intelligence company's workers giving them 48 hours to submit a one-page description of what they did in the past month and what they plan to do in the next month, CNN reported.

"This is due by noon on Thursday," instructed the email, which was sent Tuesday.

Requiring workers to quickly justify their roles has been a recurring theme of Musk's management style. During his short-lived foray into government, his Department of Government Efficiency made similar demands of federal employees in multiple agencies, NPR reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/elon-musk-sparks-backlash-issuing-235000699.html

This is the asshole who wants a trillion-dollar compensation. Justify that Ketamine creep.

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Elon Musk sparks backlash after issuing 48-hour assignment to employees: 'This is due by noon on Thursday' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 25 OP

Heeeeeee's baaaaack Blues Heron Sep 25 #1

He never fucking left Aviation Pro Sep 25 #36

Damn. He had, mercifully, slipped to the very back of my mind for a blessed niyad Sep 25 #2

Is he going to read their essays and issue a letter grade? maxsolomon Sep 25 #3

It's a prelude to job cuts, I think. Cash flow problems? Investors getting skittish? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 25 #33

I dunno, Musk is a dork and a jerk but, Disaffected Sep 25 #4

His people should already know this leftstreet Sep 25 #6

He needs to fire both (IMO). Disaffected Sep 25 #8

If the CEO doesn't know that this kind of action really isn't in his scope of work, he shouldn't be a CEO. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 25 #7

Huh? nt Disaffected Sep 25 #9

CEOs cannot and should not be involved at this level newdeal2 Sep 25 #10

I think the point is at levels that Elon Musk is operating mr715 Sep 25 #11

CEOs generally should not be involved in the minutiae of every employee like this. It's called micromanaging, and it's a WhiskeyGrinder Sep 25 #12

I don't think it is actually "micromanaging" Disaffected Sep 25 #17

It's the very definition of micromanaging, just like the shitty putz attempted with doge before he ran off Blues Heron Sep 25 #19

If Musk had issued a directive Disaffected Sep 25 #42

Asking each person for exactly (micro) what they did (managing) is not like giving a raise. Come on man Blues Heron Sep 25 #44

How about this..... usedtobedemgurl Sep 25 #27

I think management is supposed to do that. This is just bullshit. 58Sunliner Sep 25 #13

Self report is not a good way to measure performance and value to company. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #15

Musk's business survive him, Johonny Sep 25 #24

Yes it is amazing how such a badly run company survives. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #25

For SpaceX it is absolutely true Johonny Sep 25 #29

Yes has to be the case. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #31

Sure they should, Disaffected Sep 25 #46

If you are hired by a company and have been working past any probation period. Autumn Sep 25 #18

Compared to what I have to do to keep my job, this is minor pcdb Sep 25 #20

Isn't That What Managers Are For? ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #22

Of course it is what managers are for. Disaffected Sep 25 #43

Well, Duh! ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #45

Heh, for a "Professor", Disaffected Sep 25 #47

Convenient ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #48

OK, one last post, I promise: Disaffected Sep 25 #49

An employer should know that info without resorting to employees for instruction Torchlight Sep 25 #26

It's a time-wasting exercise leading to big personnel errors. It's like the old "lines of code" metric. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 25 #35

We do this in my team but not in an adversarial way drray23 Sep 25 #40

Elon, Take this Job and Shove It Coldwater Sep 25 #5

And I challenge him to justify his damned existence in even ONE sentence! hlthe2b Sep 25 #14

Sounds like Musk is out of ideas. Kid Berwyn Sep 25 #16

How about they justify before hiring in the first place? fujiyamasan Sep 25 #21

Many years ago when I lived in Rhode Island, we had a wonderful broadcaster on WPRO radio Totally Tunsie Sep 25 #23

You can always tell when he wants to do layoffs mdbl Sep 25 #28

should that include him as well. AllaN01Bear Sep 25 #30

Um...questioning my life choices because I'm working for a megalomaniac? progressoid Sep 25 #32

Sorry for the poor bastards that have to serve him, unconditionally. twodogsbarking Sep 25 #34

This tells me that Eloon the crazy South African Aviation Pro Sep 25 #37

A sure-fire way to lose your best employees. CaptainTruth Sep 25 #38

Thanks for posting, I saw a refence to a different email last friday to VA workers blue_jay Sep 25 #39

what has this piece of s*** done in the last month other than destroying our government and cheerleading Nazism LS0999 Sep 25 #41