Elon owns 54% of the outstanding stock of SpaceX and has voting control of 78% of the outstanding stock of SpaceX [1]
So yes, for all intent purposes he is their employer.
[1] https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-SpaceX-does-Elon-Mu...
So yes, for all intent purposes he is their employer.
[1] https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-SpaceX-does-Elon-Mu...
Wealth will either be given or it will be taken.
Arguably it depends somewhat of the skill of those hired but if that's arbitrary (i.e. their skill isn't related to the firing) one can easily argue that SpaceX's management practices are extremely questionable right now. So from an 3rd party employee's perspective today you have to tell the boss he's fucking shit up if you _really_ want to get to Mars.
In the future it would behoove you to at least familirize yourself with a topic lest you make another ignorant statement.