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Beijing time August 16 news, Elon Musk (Elon Musk) is a controversial CEO. There are many stories about Musk in the tech circle, saying that he sleeps in the Tesla factory and likes to fire employees. Is this really the case? Listen to the manager who worked with Musk.

Musk.

Carl Medlock (Carl Medlock) was a regional manager for Tesla and worked at Tesla from 2009 to 2013. Medlock gave a podcast interview earlier this month and revealed a lot of interesting things about Musk.

He said that when Tesla found him, the company was looking for a technologist with experience in running dealerships and high-end cars. "obviously, I am the only person in the Seattle area who can meet all these conditions on LinkedIn." Medlock said. Tesla offered him a salary of about $120000 and 40, 000 options at an exercise price of 90 cents. He estimates that these options are now worth $50 million.

So what's the experience of working for Musk, the richest man in the world? He shared the following seven surprising details.

1. There have been rumors that Musk worked day and night, even sleeping on the floor, to see Musk sleeping on the table. Medlock said he had seen Musk unwittingly fall asleep on a table and took a picture.

Musk is at the Tesla factory.

"I took this picture and thought,'Oh, my God, you're gonna get fired for this. 'and then I deleted this picture." Medlock said. He added that Musk did not behave like a celebrity in the office, but was an "ordinary person". Musk is currently the richest man in the world, with a net worth of about $270 billion.

two。 Working for Musk is "interesting" generally speaking, working for Musk is "interesting", but only if you can please him. Although Musk adopts a non-interventionist leadership style, he may make you nervous: "if you get Musk's micromanagement, then you may be eliminated."

3. Mr Medlock, who is proficient in cars, says that after six or seven interviews, the last part of his interview process is a meeting with Mr Musk himself. "for someone who is not from the auto industry, he asks some great questions." He said. Medlock added that Musk is easy to talk to. After their conversation, he got the job of Tesla.

4. "he will talk to you if he needs to, but he won't talk to anyone at all," says Medlock, who is very self-disciplined and does not socialize in the workplace. Even in meetings, Musk does not waste time chatting, but goes straight to the point. He had never seen Musk joke with his staff.

5. Family when Musk's family is around, his surroundings become a "restricted area". "this is the other side of Musk, not everyone can see it." Medlock said. Musk currently has nine children.

Medlock said he appreciated Musk's priority of spending time with his family. "when he was with the children, no one disrespected him. No one went to talk to him." Medlock said.

6. Musk is not worried about sharing his personal email with people in pursuit of the truth. Today, Medlock still has Musk's email address. "in public, he will tell people his email address because he wants to hear first-hand news. He doesn't like anything filtered, or any nonsense. He likes the truth." Medlock said.

7. Fired on the spot, Medlock said that if someone spoke out of line, Musk would fire them on the spot. Medlock revealed that in the early days of Tesla, he attended a meeting where someone disagreed with Musk and he never saw the employee again.

"you don't argue with him," Medlock said. "when Musk stands up at the end of the meeting and says, 'this is where we're going,' you'd better get up from your chair and move in that direction. because he doesn't like people talking back, he'll let you go."

Tesla has not commented on this.

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