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He doesnt pay from his pocket. He may be founder & CEO. But he is an employee as much as those five.


> He doesnt pay from his pocket.

About 1/6 of the pay comes from his pocket, since he owns about that much of the company.

> He may be founder & CEO. But he is an employee as much as those five.

His main relationship to Tesla is as it's controlling owner, not an employee, though, yes, he's also an employee. That's pretty different from every other employee.


> About 1/6 of the pay comes from his pocket

Sorry, pls explain me this business logic. 1/6th is his ownership which is mostly tied to stocks. The pay comes from liquidity(arising from sales, selling bonds & any additional stock dilution from the organization) Unless I am completely misinformed about how business accounting works. Ownership doesnt pay unless they sell their stocks to pay(which he did through raising funding through stock hypothication in the past)


He didn't fire them, the president of the company did for harassing their coworkers and wasting time.


Right. Now that most of us in public know how he thinks & acts, we still believe that the president of the company took action on her own. Since "union" is being supported by the socialists, employers are crushing any organization attempts, thats all.




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