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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't even get out of bed for less than $2 billion.

How the hell can this not affect the morale of people working for this company? Even from a purely evil self-preservation standpoint that seems important to consider.

My company sold a part of our business, and I casually mentioned to our VP that it's almost enough to buy everyone in the company a lamborghini. He didn't seem to think that would be a good idea, but that stock buybacks and a big dividend would be...

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

can this not affect the morale of people working for this company?

Are you saying they WON'T give 46 billion to everybody who works for this company?

How scandalous!

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Nothing could possibly benefit that company as much as Elon Musk getting demotivated and no longer coming in to work.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think you understand just how upset he’s going to be if he doesn’t get 46 billion.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago

He's almost definitely going to call someone a pedo again.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tesla getting a new CEO is the only way Tesla is going to win back the demographics that Musk chased away acting like a dumb toddler.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 months ago

ie: the people who care about climate change enough to spend $40-100K on EVs of mediocre build quality.

I suppose his maliciously designed Truck will convert a few bro-dozers who need a new truck to commute in, but I don’t think it’ll help Teslas bottom line.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

Grab 5 of the top engineers, sales people, and marketing at the company, double their pay, and grant them a $1,000,000,000 bonus in 5 years time if they beat certain performance metrics. Have them sit on a board as coCEOs and watch true motivation. Kick out the guy that's demanding 3 times your annual income as "motivational" compensation.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Me too. I'll go first, and if it works, he can do it as well.

[–] cor@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 months ago

if he wasn’t motivated to not tank tesla’s stock by being a vocal fascist… i don’t think this would motivate him to do anything good either

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] exanime@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago

Wow this is so hard on point!

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’ll happily be their new CEO for a mere half a billion. I will be intensely motivated as such.

Seriously though, how can you pay a CEO this much money and actually believe that’s how much value you’re getting? Absolutely ridiculous. I imagine it’s a revolving door system where you and your buddies always vote each other up into bigger compensation packages.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So basically, he wants his salary to be Twitter's purchase price and some change. That seems totally reasonable as compensation.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

It's funny that he's asking for what amounts to an undo button for this colossal mistake he made in buying Twitter.

"Please give me exactly enough cash to bail myself out of all this Saudi debt that I took on when I memed myself into a legal requirement to acquire Twitter"

I hope this gets him booted from Tesla. It's an open secret that he doesn't run the show anyway, he just has enough power to force them to develop boondoggles like the Cybertruck.

[–] xxd@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Save $46 billion and have musk leave? Thats win-win if I've ever seen it.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If the stock wasn’t so overly valued based on Musk-lies I’d agree, but I think they’re in trouble either way.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Musk knows something unrelated that's gonna bring down Teslas stock and this is how he's gonna exploit it?

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Here's the article; the link in the OP points to a discussion thread.

The chair ought to be questioning whether the company should continue to employ someone who needs that much "motivation", not urging shareholders to give it to him.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That guy is probably getting pegged by musk for $1 billion per instance. It’s on his best interest musk has the money and needs to convince the board.

[–] machinin@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The chair is actually a woman.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

He probably promised to knock her up.

[–] five82@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I will stay motivated for only $45 billion.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

You cheap bastard...

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

You drive a hard bargain

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

I'll do it for $44 billion.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’ll do it for three point fiddy billion

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, so do I. I'd be so god damned motivated for 46 billion.

[–] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You better be motivated. Being a CEO is super hard work plus your genius ideas are required to propel the company to record profits.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I can see! Man could you imagine spending a full twenty hours a week socializing with your peers, traveling, or (*gasp*) even exercising!? Why, I'd barely be able to hold it together for my daily hour long "Business meal"!

God knows I'd never be able to soldier through like Musk, constantly promising things like "Mars colony in two years" every year (among other things)while still having the time to spend hours posting "!!" "Concerning" or "XD XD XD" until 3 am on Twitter. Why I probably wouldn't even have the time to signal boost white supremacists and post dog whistles about we need more babies to stave off "the great replacement".

[–] Soundhole@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Drugs are expensive, bro.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

This guy is a leech.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember when Bill Gates was the richest person on the planet with $45 billion total and it was covered in all the news. Things have gone more out of control than anyone could’ve imagined.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

And Bill sold his soul honestly with hard work, not instead of it

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

I also need this to stay motivated.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Please pay him so he concentrates on fucking up Tesla and leaves SpaceX alone.

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago

Where are all the idiots who swear that "coMpaNIes mUSt MaXimIZe proFiTs bY lAw" now?

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 0 points 4 months ago

Tesla Board Chairperson Robyn Denholm urged shareholders to re-approve CEO Elon Musk's $46 billion pay package this week, saying the vote is "not about the money" while suggesting that Musk could leave Tesla or devote less time to the company if he isn't properly compensated.

Don't threaten me with a good time!