I have no problems with this email but many problems with his behavior. The ultimate authoritarian is clashing with what was a bloated staff that managed a product allegedly losing $4 million per day. There needs to be drastic changes. He is being extremely transparent that their culture and previous ways of working are changing and offering a generous package to people if they don't like what they hear. I agree with you that it's a recipe for burnout and anxiety and turnover, which has plagued his other companies.
Many things can be true simultaneously. Many of the Elon criticisms are valid: Cruel and puerile behavior on Twitter, shockingly bad product decisions that any associate PM would avoid. Many of the criticisms are unclear: dismantling of teams like "Responsible AI," which sounds like a navel-gazing college course, not an organization in a company. Many of the criticisms are stupid: Cutting free meals that nobody was eating, implementing return-to-office.
Many things can be true simultaneously. Many of the Elon criticisms are valid: Cruel and puerile behavior on Twitter, shockingly bad product decisions that any associate PM would avoid. Many of the criticisms are unclear: dismantling of teams like "Responsible AI," which sounds like a navel-gazing college course, not an organization in a company. Many of the criticisms are stupid: Cutting free meals that nobody was eating, implementing return-to-office.