For me, the most troubling info was that pic of the "Denali" conference room photoshopped to "Denial".
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For me, the most troubling info was that pic of the "Denali" conference room photoshopped to "Denial".
That was no photoshop job. That was a twitpic from a tweet by Elon Musk a couple of days ago, all in jest.Originally Posted by Robert.Boston
Yea, it's sort of a sophomoric passive-aggresssive thing that concerning. When communication breaks down, people start taking little shots like that at each other rather than just hashing it out honestly. Elon doesn't exactly have a good history of calm, composed relationships. I really hope this all blows over, but it's the sort of thing that has potential to explode if it's not diffused.
What exactly needs to be diffused? Maybe they were mad about this
Model S Performance powertrain produced so much torque today that we broke the dyno. 4.4 sec 0-60 mph will not be a problem.
I supposed that's the big question. The denial thing though is just a lame action. Why would you do that? Because you're feeling someone (or multiple someones) is in denial. You make a snide little jab like that when it didn't get resolved, not when it's been successfully hashed out. You think the other guy, an executive, is going to look at that and go "Oh, good one sir, well played."? No, they're going to be annoyed. Then when they see you put in on twitter? Yea, way the hell beyond annoyed. Most executives have pretty big egos for better or worse.
I've seen this kind of stuff in cubicle world. Someone will make a "joke" by covering someone else's name plate with some similar snide thing. I've seen HR have to get involved as retaliations come in. Morale goes down the shitter as the whole group is affected by the dysfunctional relationship.
It's a lot to read into a simple picture and there's a good chance it's not going that route, but it's something I've seen before (granted, not at the executive level, but I'm not an executive) so it bothers me. It smacks of "I know you are, but what am I?" levels of maturity.
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I hope people at Tesla have a better sense of humor than that.
Me too, but human nature being what it is, sense of humor goes out the window when you're already upset with someone. The time to crack a joke at someone's expense is NOT when you're already in conflict.
Rawlinson will be missed for his technical knowledge and drive. He will not be missed for his dictatorial ways and his petulance. Sampson was just a bag carrier for Rawlinson and will not be missed on any level.
So you know these two individuals?
I think first the stock market made a bigger deal of this than it was, and now it's happening here. I see nothing malicious in that tweet, perhaps I'm just not of that mindset. I also see nothing in the herding cats video he posted either. I think we might have too much time on our hands here.
In all of this, why hasn't anyone speculated about the other guy leaving? Tesla gave a reason for Rawlinson's departure (whether you believe it or not), but not the other guy? If anything, wouldn't that be something more to grasp onto? Personally, I bet he just wasn't important enough for tesla to feel they had to head off any questions like this, but still, if you're going to speculate, there's more to work with there.
Your name and demeanor now makes more sense.
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