Elon’s “extremely hardcore” toxic work culture means people are forced to take Adderall without a prescription to meet their workload. Just ask SpaceX employees.

"Some SpaceX workers resorted to taking Adderall to keep up with the pace of work at the company’s launch facility, and others found themselves falling asleep in the bathroom during long workweeks, a recent Reuters investigation found.

“Travis Carson, a former SpaceX worker at the company’s facility in Brownsville, Texas, told Reuters some workers took Adderall — a stimulant designed to help people with ADHD improve their focus and concentration levels — without a prescription to keep up with the pace of work.”

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-workers-took-adderall-slept-bathroom-iv-treatments-deadlines-report-2023-11

What a nightmare!

#Elon #ElonMusk #X #SpaceX #Twitter #business #economy #finance @technology

  • sar1n
    733·
    11 months ago

    Where?! Where are they getting this Adderall without a prescription? If i could just be directed to the website so i can voice my outrage there

  • NutWrench@lemmy.ml
    591·
    11 months ago

    If you’re taking illegal performance enhancers to get you through your work day, then whatever you’re doing there isn’t worth it.

    • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
      211·
      11 months ago

      Idk, I’d be willing to overwork myself if it were for a really good cause, like ending hunger, or rapidly building houses that will be provided free at point of use to unhoused and low income people, etc. definitely not a normal job I’d do it fit though.

      • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        301·
        11 months ago

        Those are the kind of excuses people at SpaceX make. When a leader fools workers into thinking they are doing unique and societal-changing work, he can push them to work for any amount of punishing hours.

        The entire gaming industry runs on this mentality.

        • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
          7·
          11 months ago

          Yeah I feel that also. That’s why I believe in democratization of the workplace. Instead of obeying the whims of a single dictator-leader or small board of directors, labor should be able to collectively decide the motivations and direction of their labor power.

          With such ownership of development, instead of working for someone else’s vision, we’d be able to collectively develop and manifest a vision that isn’t predicated solely on the extraction of profit, but on the collective needs and desires of those within and without the company itself, meaning those within the community who will also be affected by the decisions of the company.

          But of course, as of now, this is just the rambling dreams of one person, and not an actualized reality.

          • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
            31·
            11 months ago

            That would be actual socialism, and in theory would be wonderful.

      • tchotchony@mander.xyz
        6·
        11 months ago

        Also really depends on the frequency and reason. Did something go horribly wrong once and does this one-time effort fix it or gives enough time for a decent solution down the road? Sure, I’ll put in some extra work. Don’t look for me though when it’s resolved, I’m on holiday with all the overtime I should’ve gotten. If it’s a structural problem because management wants to squeeze as much money out of their employees and refuses to hire enough people… Fuck that. And yeah, corporate uses the first thing as an excuse, luring you into staying longer “one more time, we really can’t do it without you”.

  • jon@lemmy.tfEnglish
    351·
    11 months ago

    Oh cool, so Elon has helped contribute to the adderall shortage in a roundabout way.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yesterday evening I took a peek into improving my financial standing and understood very little of the whole convoluted mess called finance and the terms it uses.
      I could totally understand why you’d need to take that stuff to even keep the whole picture together in your mind.

      • sculd@beehaw.org
        2·
        11 months ago

        While I am not one of those people, some of the jobs in finance is basically high level mathematics and statistics.

  • Baron Vonskinnback@mastodon.social
    71·
    11 months ago

    @ajsadauskas @technology this kind of shit is all the fault of the pyramids, megalomaniacs like musk know no if they throw enough pain agony and bodies at his projects that history would eventually forget the damage and pain he caused and only remembering for the good or alleged good he has done, it’s about an everlasting legacy with these lunatics.

      • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
        21·
        11 months ago

        Steve Jobs was a tyrant, and awful to his employees. Maybe in a different way, but he was not fun to work for.

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Makes me wonder if this whole “reality distortion field” isn’t just, good ol’ fucking economic pressure. Fuck

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    62·
    11 months ago

    They are forced? It’s illegal to quit?

    These are people who refuse to leave Twitter, no matter how bad they are treated there. Maybe they should learn to quit instead of taking drugs to deal with the job.

    I know American work culture is “don’t quit”, but come on, there are limits… If your work place is actually insane, you should quit. :)

    No wonder this Elon fucker laughs all the way to the bank.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    11 months ago

    Didn’t SBF do this shit too? I wonder how widespread in various industries it is to basically have to take performance enhancing amphetamines just to keep up.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 months ago

      The most ironic part is 90% of the time, any finer detail work or big picture stuff comes out dogshit. Amphetamine seems to be more of a an effort/endurance drug, not necessarily performance in my experience

      Edit: its like that Felix Felices potion from Harry Potter. I maintain it simply got people motivated to the extent they positioned and conditioned themselves to be amenable to the hidden opportunities available

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        The problem with tweakers is that they feel so good, every stupid idea they have feels like a breakthrough. Okay, there’s a lot worse problems with them, but that one is relevant. They have stupid ideas that they think are brilliant.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Twitter’s culture is starting to look like McKinsey or EY. The people that will succeed in that environment are the pieces of shit that are willing to put career over everything else. Friends, family, and the coworkers.