Elon Musk has delivered a stark ultimatum to xAI employees, mandating that they submit detailed reports on their performance within a strict 48-hour window. The reports must cover their achievements from the past four weeks and their planned activities for the coming month. This directive is consistent with Musk’s previous actions at other companies. Earlier ultimatums resulted in layoffs, including the reduction of hundreds of employees from the data encoding team.
The requirement underscores Musk’s expectation that employees continually justify their roles by providing a comprehensive account of their productivity. The reports on progress and plans are standard in other companies like Tesla and SpaceX. This latest demand appears amid ongoing internal turbulence at xAI, with layoffs alongside new hiring initiatives.