That has no bearing whatsoever? That link itself says "Mr. Musk's team brushed aside the suggestion", meaning that didn't effect who was let go, but -even if it did-, it still would have no bearing, since regardless of who made the decision, or for why, the fact they're being sought after to be rehired so soon means your initial statement "nobody is firing productive workers" is false. Someone fired workers who were sufficiently necessary as to realize they -need them back- within a week.

...I'm not? "trying to rehire workers they let go" is missing the word "all". Perhaps -you- read that particular qualifier into it, but it's just as valid to understand it, as it was intended, to imply "some", especially since the existence of -any- rehired employee refutes the statement it was in response to.

I assume you got terrified when you heard, say, "Jeffrey Dahmer ate people", and started to question your own existence since obviously if he ate ALL the people you couldn't be here?

They'll be rehiring more when the people they thought they were keeping leave because remote is a deal breaker.