2 Genius Alternatives Before Firing Someone

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Elon Musk fired his long time assistant, Mary Beth Brown, because she asked for a raise. The story goes like this- In 2014, after toiling hard as Elon’s assistant for 10 years across two companies — Tesla and SpaceX, Mary asked for a raise.

Elon told MB (as she was called around in the companies) to take a couple of weeks off so that he realize how indispensable Brown was for him.