Musk Criticizes Bureaucracy: Meetings Are the Blight of Big Companies, Power Should Be Given to Those Who Actually Do the Work
【天网美西时间2026年8月21日美国讯】（天网义工编辑）
[Tianwang West Coast Time, August 21, 2026] (Tianwang Volunteer Editor)
当地时间8月21日，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）在X平台转发并明确表态支持一段关于其特斯拉内部管理备忘录的总结。他仅用一个“Yes”回应，再次强调自己长期坚持的反官僚原则：把权力交给真正干活的人，坚决反对无效会议，沟通走最短路径，以常识为最高准则。
On August 21 local time, Elon Musk reposted and clearly endorsed a summary of his internal Tesla management memo on the X platform. He replied with a simple “Yes,” once again emphasizing his long-held anti-bureaucracy principles: give power to the people actually doing the work, firmly reject useless meetings, communicate through the shortest path, and take common sense as the highest guide.
相关总结指出，马斯克曾在发给全体特斯拉员工的备忘录中明确要求：
The related summary pointed out that Musk had clearly required the following in a memo sent to all Tesla employees:
• 过多会议是大公司的毒瘤，几乎总会随时间恶化；
• 一旦发现自己对会议没有贡献，应立刻离开或挂断电话；
• 让人留在无价值的会议里浪费时间，才是真正的无礼；
• 禁止使用各种缩写和黑话，要求用直白语言沟通；
• 沟通必须走完成工作所需的最短路径，而非层层汇报；
• 任何试图强制走“汇报链”的经理，很快就会被请走；
• 永远以常识为指南。如果某条公司规定在具体情况下明显荒谬，就应修改规定。
• Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time;
• Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value;
• It is not rude to leave — it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time;
• Don’t use acronyms or nonsense words. Anything that requires an explanation inhibits communication;
• Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the chain of command;
• Any manager who attempts to enforce chain-of-command communication will soon find themselves working elsewhere;
• Always pick common sense as your guide. If following a company rule is obviously ridiculous in a particular situation, the rule should change.
马斯克用“Yes”公开确认：这就是他的真实理念。
Musk publicly confirmed with “Yes”: this is exactly his real philosophy.
这一表态再次引发关注。事实上，官僚主义与无效会议不仅存在于大公司，也广泛存在于各种组织和圈子。本网站义工初到美国时，曾被一些自称“民运大佬”的人反复邀请参加各种会议。听了一两次后，发现内容空洞、程序冗长、严重浪费时间和精力，于是提前离场。此后对方再通知，一律不再参加。
This statement has once again drawn attention. In fact, bureaucracy and useless meetings exist not only in big companies, but also widely in various organizations and circles. When this website’s volunteer first arrived in the United States, she was repeatedly invited by some self-proclaimed “democracy movement heavyweights” to attend various meetings. After listening once or twice, she found the content empty, the procedures lengthy, and a serious waste of time and energy, so she left early. After that, whenever they notified her again, she simply did not attend.
后来进一步观察发现，这些人中不少身份可疑，作风高度接近中共体制内的腐败分子：热衷开会、强调“身份”与“资历”、把会议本身当成权力和存在感的展示，却很少产生真正有价值的行动。嘴上高喊“民主”“自由”，实际做派却和中共官僚如出一辙。
Later observation further revealed that many of these people had questionable identities, and their style was highly similar to corrupt officials within the CCP system: they were obsessed with holding meetings, emphasized “status” and “seniority,” treated the meetings themselves as a display of power and presence, yet rarely produced any truly valuable action. While shouting “democracy” and “freedom” with their mouths, their actual style was exactly like that of CCP bureaucrats.
天网义工从马斯克这里学到很多。他给人清晰的思路和一目了然的透明感，让人不再迷茫。真正值得学习的，是那些把权力交给做事的人、用常识替代规则、用行动替代空谈的人。真正推动改变的，从来不是层层开会、层层审批、层层讲黑话的人，而是那些愿意承担责任、用常识直接做事、拒绝被无效流程消耗的人。
The volunteer of Tianwang has learned a great deal from Musk. He provides clear thinking and transparent clarity that keeps people from getting lost. What is truly worth learning from are those who give power to the people who do the work, replace rules with common sense, and replace empty talk with action. Real change is never driven by people who hold endless meetings, demand layer upon layer of approvals, and speak in jargon — but by those who are willing to take responsibility, act directly with common sense, and refuse to be consumed by useless processes.
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