Would you hire under the current circumstances? I wouldn't. How long am I going to have a job? A week? A month? How long am I going to <i>want</i> to have that job?
Seems like the "Whaling and Culling" theory is playing out as speculated. Also, I'm surprised they still have 2700 employees left. The "reporting" last week made it sound like everyone but a small handful left the company.
He's rough but effective. Other CEO's would have taken months or even years to layoff staff to reorient the company's workforce towards a new goal. They would have waited until the new year after the holidays. Musk does a big chunk or most of it in less than a month. Ouch!<p>Low level staff have the opportunity of a lifetime to move up now that everything is up for grabs. I hope they take advantage of the situation if the decided to stay.<p>I bet other CEO's are watching and we'll see them use similar methods in the future.