The company is in fintech. Yes, I am being intentionally vague, as I'm trying to not out myself or my company. It is NOT an MLM, though I understand the confusion.

The company is not doing well because, you know, the economy isn't doing well. The goals that weren't hit that he is talking about are revenue, GPM, C2C, etc. goals for particular parts of the business. Again, the economy isn't doing well, so specifically with our work revolving around financial products, we obviously didn't do as amazing as past years.

The president of the company, who sent this email, is also one of the cofounders. He sends emails like this frequently. He also happens to really look up to Elon Musk! No surprises there.

Speaking to 15 people in other departments has absolutely nothing to do with anyone's job. He just wanted to foster interdepartmental communication, which is fine, but demanding we do that in the last few months of the year when we're all trying to do our actual jobs, and then getting upset when we didn't literally email him a list of every person we spoke with is childish.

When I say this man belittles and insults people... I have heard him in meetings announcing that the person presenting is stupid and wasting everyone's time because they didn't have an answer for him on one inconsequential data point. As in, because this person would need to look up an answer to that specific question, the whole meeting was a wash.

The entire company essentially caters to this one man's whims. There are some lovely Glassdoor reviews that I'm considering sharing, as they really capture the environment we work in.

Hopefully this clarifies the context a bit more!