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Yeah, I totally get that. Give me $46 billion or I won't be motivated any more either.

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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Motivated to do what? What does he even do?? What does any CEO really do besides delegate and take the fall when shareholders are out for blood?

I'm seriously asking.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Motivated to take a break from posting hate speech on Twitter.

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a great question when he can be CEO of multiple companies simultaneously.

There's no way I could work another full time job, there isn't enough time available. And I'm pretty sure the difference isn't that Musk is the only one that can pull it off.

There's plenty of other incompetent nepo babies out there.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

CEOs appoint the compensation committees that award themselves more money.

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

First and foremost they fill the board with chairs who they have quid pro quo with.

[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He needs his 'investment' in twitter back. Probably because he took out a loan that has enough intrest to be double what he has after selling Tesla stock.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And out of the 8 billion people on this planet, there's not one other who could be motivated for less and be at least an equally effective CEO?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shit, I'll do it for half that!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If you want to put me in charge of Tesla, I'll do it for a million bucks a year and a house. Doesn't even need to be a big house. Three bedrooms and a two car garage.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damn you! Alright, I'll do it for half a million.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

$250,000 and a car.

But not a Tesla. No way am I driving one of those.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

20 bucks and a promise to send Elon to Mars and never let him come back!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Actually, I'll pay to have him shot to Mars at the next Starship launch.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But can you fire 1000 people and still sleep at night? If not, then you're not right for the job.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As of Jan 2023 he has sold a total of $39 billion in Tesla stock. So apparently that isn't enough to be motivated. Why on Earth would giving him another $46 billion work this time to "keep him motivated"? If he's given $46 billion he'll just give it away too.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

He's going to be really mad if he doesn't get 46 billion. I don't think you understand how mad he will be. Not 45 billion; 45 billion is chump change. It's 46 billion. Would you be fucking motivated even get out of bed for a dollar less than 46 billion?

I didn't think so.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago

Our Laborers are ONLY Motivated by Love of the Company and Pride in their Work! But our CEO is ONLY Motivated by Money!

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 23 points 5 months ago

Wouldn’t we all be better off if Musk was a little less motivated?

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

I too need $46B to stay motivated. But at least I'm not fucking over the rest of the world.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Better get started doing $46 billion worth of work then buddy 👍

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OK, I'll start by screaming at some trans people today.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I was talking to Elon - who's already got a bit of a headstart on the whole anti-trans thing. You're gonna have to scream at a loooot of trans people if you want to get that $46bil before him!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What if l throw in some antisemitic conspiracy myths?

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh now you're thinking like a CEO generating $46bil worth of labour!

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I also need $46 Billion to stay motivated. Who's gonna help me?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

This is obviously not about the money. We all know Elon is one of the wealthiest people on the planet, and he would remain so even if Tesla were to renege on the commitment we made in 2018. Elon is not a typical executive, and Tesla is not a typical company. So, the typical way in which companies compensate key executives is not going to drive results for Tesla. Motivating someone like Elon requires something different. This is one of the key reasons the Award also requires Elon to hold any shares he receives upon exercise of stock options for five years after he exercises the options — which can only serve to incentivize him to continue delivering value to Tesla and our stockholders.

Narrator: It was about money.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

The word for the Tesla chair is "Cuck"

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

“I need on kajillion billion trillion dollars daily to be motivated”

motivated to do what? Lose $30 million on another poor software purchase? Be a dumb piece of shit on said software platform that is tanking as we speak? Motivation to over work and under pay employees in hazardous, unsafe work conditions? Motivation to be even more of a sexist, misogynistic, pig headed human?

What an absolute baby.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Tesla chair says Elon needs $50bn/yr to drive the company's image into the ground.