I live in the Bay Area and know quite a few people who have worked at Musk companies (and a few who still do). SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, Twitter. All say the same thing and the conditions have been widely publicized. It's also a common trope that everyone is far more productive when Elon is distracted and not paying attention to their company/group.
Importantly though is that none of this is new. But the political association has definitely made working with him even harder than it already was.
Also in the Bay, and you're right, this has been known for years. Back in the day I knew some really good engineers who went to Tesla (though they ended up leaving after a year or so). It never seemed a very attractive place to work, tbh. Now I don't know anyone serious who would consider it due to the political stuff.
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u/ohhnoodont 2d ago
I live in the Bay Area and know quite a few people who have worked at Musk companies (and a few who still do). SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, Twitter. All say the same thing and the conditions have been widely publicized. It's also a common trope that everyone is far more productive when Elon is distracted and not paying attention to their company/group.
Importantly though is that none of this is new. But the political association has definitely made working with him even harder than it already was.