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How has that been proven? It was basically breaking even before. Now with the smaller staff it’s hemorrhaging money.

Actually he did prove the company was not overstaffed. A good number of reports suggests that he doesn't like the outcome of mass layoff as he begins to appreciate the system's complexity. The system is barely running itself since he is not even able to touch the core infrastructure but just tuning the knob. Of course, this is the feat of (former) engineers, not Musk himself.

He can't even serve his customers' demands because he fired all the "email girls".