Tesla CEO Elon Musk is understood for his spontaneous mass communication, from rants on Twitter to “all people” e-mails he sends to all workers at his electrical car firm.

CNBC has obtained a pair of e-mails Musk despatched to Tesla workers within the first week of October. The primary one mentioned listening to music at work with one earbud out to hear for safety-related points was OK. The second, harsher e mail reminded workers there are solely three choices when Musk sends instructions: clarify why he is unsuitable, request additional clarification, or execute.

On the time, Tesla had simply introduced file third-quarter deliveries regardless of provide chain pressures, most notably a chip scarcity. It had lastly launched the long-awaited “Full Self-Driving Beta” button, permitting Tesla car house owners to enroll in pre-release driver help software program to check it on public roads.

And on Oct. 4, the corporate misplaced a giant case in a San Francisco federal courtroom when a jury determined Tesla should pay a former employee, Owen Diaz, about $137 million after he endured a racially hostile work setting throughout his time at Tesla’s automobile plant in Fremont, California.

CNBC has additionally reviewed different emails Musk despatched in current months, together with phrases of encouragement for workers engaged on the corporate’s new manufacturing unit close to Berlin, and agreeing with a bullish analyst name in September suggesting that Tesla inventory can go to $3,000 per share — if the corporate executes nicely.

This is what Musk advised workers on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4.

The primary one was about music at work.

The second reminded all people who the boss is.