[wedowhatwedo]

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and possibly soon Twitter. Why do his shareholders allow him to do this if it is just done out of greed and disregard for coworkers who may be counting on him?

Many CEOs are also on the board of other companies. In your case, the person couldn't handle two jobs and was let go, but if a person can handle two jobs, why shouldn't they? CEOs do it all the time.

[elcomet]

But he's honest about it, this is known to all shareholders and employees.

[wedowhatwedo]

If a CEO's job isn't a full time job, why should anyone assume that a regular employee is a 24x7 job?

[elcomet]

If you're honest about it you can find part time job as an employee.