To put things in context, the astonishing amount of five employees were fired. And more than 9400 employees weren't fired.
It sounds like most Space X employees are doing fine. And we are talking about an example of "soviet management" here?
It sounds like most Space X employees are doing fine. And we are talking about an example of "soviet management" here?
Being an autocrat doesn't mean getting rid of everyone who disagrees with you, just the ones who dare to do something about it (or potentially might).
https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172913/spacex-complaint...
This people can sink a startup really fast. The kind of people drawing caricatures of the CEO where they should be doing calculus on critical parts of the system. Letting they go is the correct move. They are 100% free to fund a better, more moral and more ethic Space-Z with their own money and promote a CEO that they like more.