SpaceX executives worried Elon Musk was on drugs during 'cringeworthy' all-hands meeting, WSJ reports

This is the way he’s always been and it’s only getting worse.

Employees have always had to manage him not the other way around; a perpetual petulant toddler banging his hands on the table; ruining everything he touches with his Reverse-Midas-Touch so they keep him at bay.

At SpaceX, where illicit drug use could jeopardize the billions of dollars of government contracts enjoyed by the defense contractor due to federal regulations, The Journal's reports of Musk's drug use put at risk nearly $1 trillion in assets held by investors, about 13,000 jobs, and the future of the US space program.

And I thought Twitter was going to be his biggest fuck up.

We can excuse the racism, the transphobia, and the antisemitism, but we draw the line at drugs!

with one executive describing the event to the outlet as "nonsensical," "unhinged" and "cringeworthy."

This is different from normal?

Also:

SpaceX also began cracking down on illegal substances at the company by bringing in drug-sniffing dogs, sources told The Journal.

How much do you want to bet those dogs are never allowed up in the executive suites?

Guys let's not make taking drugs look even worse by association it with that guy

... Musk's drug use, which includes LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and ketamine, ...

Explains....soooo much. Still an asshole, though.

It’s news sure but is anyone thinking it’s groundbreaking news that Elon musk might be on drugs most of the time?

The guy was a decent salesman, heavilly empowered by daddy's money and connections, who had a bit of luck, even though he only had one kind of salesmanship technique - the Techbro Brew: heavy on selling "high-tech" and "innovation" as inherently good and always trumphing other considerations - and kept walking the grey legal area between lies, exageration and Fraud.

However he seems to have started believing his own schtick that he's a special golden boy whose farts smell of roses, and here we are now.

I will admit, him being on drugs did not occur to me as a possible explanation for his 'taking tesla private' tweet that torpeedoed his networth, but having been confronted by it now I am having a hard time not believing it.

And? Its only a crime when regular people do it, for rich people its just 'eccentric'

Has there ever been an all-hands meeting where the CEO was not cringeworthy?

I just assume it's the minimum amount of yearly cringe you have to endure to stay employed.

Hasn't he been relatively open about his habitual micro and macro dosing of ketamine?

Imagine the power trip that comes from being Elon Musk's Dealer.

Doesn't he slur and ramble most of the time? I have never heard him make a sentence without stuttering.

What would be scarier is if he wasn't on drugs. Being on drugs means that there is a "normal state" for him to return to.

Companies perform drug checks for a reason. People who lead large organizations while regularly getting off on drugs are usually the biggest psychopaths around.

Given that SpaceX is a private company, where Musk owns the vast majority of voting rights, I'm not sure what can be done here. The same goes for Twitter, and I doubt Musk is stupid enough to have bylaws in a company he bought 12 months ago that would oust him for drug abuse (although I would fucking love it!)

Tesla, though, is only 21% owned by Musk (assuming Wikipedia is up to date). While it's tight, I imagine the board could request he take a drug test, and if he refuses/fails, call a vote to remove him. Given that Tesla execs have been worried about his unhinged behaviour for years, it could be the blessing they've been hoping for.

These are the same people that let him fire a car into orbit around Mars with an "empty" space suit in the driver's seat.

I really do think he started doing drugs a few years back.

I guess that Marijuana that he awkwardly smoked to be "cool" was a gateway drug to much worse.

What a sad downspiral for the guy. There's no way this ends well and we're all forced to attend the party.

Of all the problems I have with this man, drugs are not one.

Proprecia so his plugs don't fall out 😅

Honestly I can't blame him. I couldn't imagine not doing drugs if I was in his position.

Sounds like he's having his Howard Hughes moment...

You mean... he isn't aways on drugs?!

Maybe he should be

Fucking goddamn fascist capitalist prick.

Yeah, the most powerful drug: money ...joking, he was probably under the best mix his personal lab could have created

“Hey! Are you on drugs?!??”

“No!”

“Well… Would you you like to be?”

He wasn't on drugs he'd run out hence the unhinged behavior...

Well yeah. The dude never sleeps.

He IS on a drug, and it's called: CHARLIE SHEEN.