Eric Siu breaks down Elon Musk's management style: pay engineers $500K+ but demand they relocate overnight and work constantly. Musk ordered all SpaceX staff in Florida to Texas without notice and expects availability late Friday nights. High pay meets relentless, always-on culture.
Elon? Yes. Have you read his book? No. The new book. I mean, it's super entertaining, right? But like, one thing that sticks out to me is like, he overpays everyone, but he expects people to be hardcore, right? So you could be on the other side in Florida, right? And he might say, everybody, all SpaceX employees, you're coming to Texas tomorrow. You're all coming tomorrow. You guys will figure out your accommodations, whatever. And then if people aren't working at 9 p.m. on a Friday, he'll be like, where's everybody? Get everyone in, right? It's pretty hardcore. I can never imagine myself doing that. But I'm saying like, that is an example of paying your engineers, you know, $500K plus and expecting them to be on call.
