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Former Tesla employee reveals what Elon Musk would do if you were close to being fired

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Published 15:08 8 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Former Tesla employee reveals what Elon Musk would do if you were close to being fired

Carl Medlock worked as a territory manager for Tesla from 2009 to 2013.

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

A man who worked at Tesla for four years has spilled the beans on what Elon Musk would do when employees weren't meeting his standards.

As controversial as some of Musk's opinions may be, the 52-year-old has enough successful companies to prove that he's pretty clued-up when it comes to the world of business.

You don't become the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX without making some smart and ruthless choices, and former employee Carl Medlock got to watch Musk's techniques unfold as he worked as a territory manager for Tesla from 2009 to 2013.

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Medlock worked at Tesla for four years. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
Medlock worked at Tesla for four years. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

After he left Tesla, Medlock appeared on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast to discuss his time at the electric car company and he made an interesting revelation about what the Tesla boss usually did if you were close to being fired.

According to the former employee, you might know you're in danger if Musk begins paying extra close attention to you.

Medlock explained: "If Elon is micromanaging you, you're probably on you way out because he hires good people [and] lets them do their thing."

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Medlock went on to insist that it was 'fun' working for Musk, but he said the businessman didn't socialise with his workers.

He continued: "He would talk to you if he needed to talk to you, but he didn't just go BS with people at all."

When asked if Musk would ever joke around with the staff at work, Medlock responded: "I never saw it."

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Maybe he's just trying to save all of his best quips for a bigger audience on X?

Though Musk might not have been the most personable boss, Medlock made clear that the staff had profound respect for him.

Offering one example of this feeling, he said: "One of the respectful things that everybody at Tesla did without even saying it, when he was with kids, nobody disrespected him – nobody went over there and talked to him."

Medlock said he had Elon Musk's number. (YouTube/The Iced Coffee Hour Clips)
Medlock said he had Elon Musk's number. (YouTube/The Iced Coffee Hour Clips)

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Medlock ended up losing his job at Tesla after four years after an incident in which he allegedly attempted to help a woman in Hawaii whose Tesla was 'all scratched up'.

"An email came to me from somebody way high up at Tesla and said fix the problem," he claimed. "My boss said 'I don't care what he says, you're not going to Hawaii for more than $500'.

"I said 'we need to take care of this lady, she's in her third year of owning this car and she still has not been able to drive it because it is so scratched up'."

Medlock claimed he got the go-ahead so shipped all the products, like buffer and polisher, to the customer while his son travelled to fix the car.

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However, his boss was not happy and 'told HR that the trip was not authorized', leading to the end of Medlock's time at the company.

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/The Iced Coffee Hour / Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times

Topics: Elon Musk, Tesla, Business

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

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