the one that stood out the most was that they were terrified of the company all-hands meetings because Musk would fire people seemingly at random.. one guy said you didn't dare look him in the eye because if he ever noticed you and didn't like how you looked then you'd escorted out of the building and get your shit mailed to you.

I heard something similar from someone that said that style bosses were like seagulls: they'd show up, shit everywhere, make a lot of noise, then fly off again.

he made it right to the week of his vesting period and got laid off, so he got nothing after all the torture he went through

A lot of corpos keep a close eye on benefits timers and do exactly that months, weeks, even days before the promise is supposed to pay off.