Ex-Tesla CEO says the company's culture might be 'nicer' if he had stuck around: 'I'm not into random firings'
Martin Eberhard, one of Tesla's original founders, said the carmaker would look different today if he was still at its helm — specifically, there would be fewer"random firings."
"I'm a believer of treating employees with respect and I'm not into random firings and things like that," Eberhard."So maybe the culture inside the company would have been a little bit nicer." Eberhard stepped down as the CEO of Tesla in 2007, about three years after Elon Musk began investing in the electric-car maker. EberhardMusk has said Eberhard's departure was related to delays in the Tesla Roadster's production, as well asMusk became Tesla's CEO in 2008 and has become virtually synonymous with the brand's image in recent years.
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