Joe Hickman, a former Tesla employee, joins us to discuss his time at the company, including his experiences during the Model 3 ramp-up, collaborating with Elon Musk, navigating layoffs, the Solar City acquisition, and much more!
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Time
00:00 Joe Hickman’s Background
01:00 Joe’s Work At Elon’s Staff Meeting & History of Tesla Layoff
01:30 Elon Musk = Larry Elison?
02:20 Tesla Layoff Shock in 2024
03:30 How Layoffs Hit People Differently
07:40 Tesla Factory Becomes Extension of Employee’s Identity
08:20 Pain of Layoffs, Validating Feelings, & Bouncing Back
09:45 Laying Off Supercharge Team?
11:20 Exec At Tesla Is Like Running A Marathon
14:41 Survive 6 Months At Tesla Fremont Plant = Life Time Respect
16:30 Solar City Acquisition, How it Happened, Addiction To Title
18:00 Firing Executives After M&A
19:50 Lex Fridman Disease
20:10 Super Chat Joel Sapp (TY): Not rehiring, didn’t cut deep enough
21:20 Prevelance of Layoffs – Less Invested?
22:58 Google Chocolate River
23:25 Google’s Great Culture
26:20 Gwynne Shotwell – Only Exec To Challenge Elon & Survive
28:40 Joe Working On Elon’s Projects
30:00 Larry Ellison – USSR Getting US Software On Tip of ICBM
31:10 Different Reactions To Layoffs, Personal V Professional Power
35:00 Leaning On A Friend For Help
35:40 Live Comment: Tesla Vs. BYD?
39:30 Jordan’s First Car, Working With Race Car Drivers, Tesla
41:20 Space of A SUV & Electric SUV
42:30 Experiencing Layoffs & Pride In Your Work
44:35 Employees Aren’t Thinking of Elon, Thinking About The Cause
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