Another slant, considering the (is this true btw) the rumor he asked engineers to print the last 30 days of code they submitted: he’s signaling “hey if you’re lazy, I’m going to fire you, so go ahead and leave on your own”. Which might just work.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586108809772089345?s=46...
Edit: apparently this was “trauma / shock actors” (whatever that means) but it was still picked up by CNBC.