Imagine if it were acceptable for me to delegate my job to my underlings, and then use the freed time to draw a salary at another company. How come only CEOs get to do that?
at the end of the day, everyone has a boss and Elon's is the general public. his stock is tanking. while you can say it's not the same as being fired as a regular employee (and it's not), he doesn't 'get to do that'