He hasn't figured out this word 'hubris' though. His ego could do with remaining out of facts, as it only shows a window into the size of a cunt he really is, and nothing more.
Baffles me that he didn't just say at the start: "Sorry - I've found your email now and will reply." Instead he can't suppress the urge to try and embarrass anyone who doesn't bow to him.
I know it fits Twitter and the outrage cycle, but this idea that everything needs to be combative is so silly. The employee contacted HR and tried privately contacting Musk. Pretty reasonable behaviour, surely?
I wonder why he is treating only Twitter employees like this and not Tesla or SpaceX. Is he treating Twitter just as his toy? Or I wonder if the media just doesn't care to cover Tesla or SpaceX
What was the “mocking” part? “Pics, or didn’t happen”?
Ps: I’m no native speaker and I don’t use Twitter. So I’m not sure about the tone and the behaviors here. That’s why my asking. For me, it doesn’t sound like mocking but disbelieve (but who knows )
The context of the conversation was "Hey, am I fired? Neither HR nor my management chain are responding to my emails."
A good answer would be "Check your email, HR has responded to you."
Instead, this guy got:
- asked to describe what his role was (not needed to answer the question)
- when he described his role, 2 "rolling on the floor laughing" emojis
- an Office Space meme, the context of which is useless employees
- an accusation that he was a malingerer feigning a disability to slack off
In the middle of this, Elon tweeted a meme about not being able to feel his legs. Coincidentally, the fellow who he is conversing with is wheelchair-bound and does not have the use of his legs.
He also, of course, got Musk's personal army ripping into him.
The ROFL emojis, Office Space meme and can't-feel-my-legs meme all count as mocking for me.
Context is extremely important, a private conversation allow for language and nuance that a public tweet does not. Also the position of Elon not only as his boss but also as a incredibly visible public figure.
Language wise, it was mocking from the start, the lack of professionalism in a conversation with an employee is out of place for a person in any management capacity but might not from close colleagues.
There is so much wrong in Elons response and tone that is hard to articulate without writing multiple paragraphs to cover it all.
[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1633240643727138824 [2] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1633253950198624257