> There's no methodology at work, it's just indiscriminate firings to cull as many people as possible.

That is the methodology, though. Musk's biography (I believe) contains a bit about how one of his business strategies when trying to make drastic changes is to just fire, fire, fire, fire people. And if you don't realize afterward that you fired too many, and have to hire back at least 10% of them, then you didn't fire enough in the first place.

It's a terrible, inhumane way of dealing with people.