Around 10 o’clock Saturday night, an angry Musk was examining one of the mechanized modules on the production line, trying to figure out what was wrong, when the young, excited engineer was brought in to help him.
“Hey buddy, that’s not working!” Musk yelled at the engineer, according to someone who overheard the conversation. “Did you do that?”
The engineer was surprised. He had never met Musk before. Musk didn’t even know the engineer’s name. The young man wasn’t sure exactly what Musk was asking him or why he sounded so angry.
“You mean programming the robot?” the engineer said. “Or should I design this tool?”
“Did you the hell do that?” Musk asked him.
“I’m not sure what you mean?” the engineer replied apologetically.
“You’re a fucking idiot!” Musk yelled back. “Get the hell out and don’t come back!”
The young engineer jumped over a low protective barrier and walked away. He was confused by what had just happened. The whole conversation lasted less than a minute. Moments later, his manager came to say he had been fired on Musk’s orders, according to two people familiar with the situation. The engineer was shocked. He worked so much. He was due to get a review from his manager next week and was only hearing positive things. Instead, two days later, he signed his separation papers.
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