Tesla laid off at least 10 percent of its workforce earlier this month, and in typical Tesla fashion, the Texas-based automaker made sure the layoffs were done in an organized fashion with plenty of communication and a clearly defined strategy. Just kidding. The layoffs were so poorly executed that security was forced to scan employees’ badges at the door to figure out who had been laid off. And, apparently, that included a guy who had taken to sleeping in his car and showering at the factory so
  • doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    661·
    2 years ago

    I usually check my emails while on my autopilot commute to work

    Also, with a 90-minute commute each way, in 2023, he apparently started sleeping in his car, showering at the factory and microwaving his dinners on days that he was working.

    This guy sounds like a fucking idiot.

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
      191·
      2 years ago

      #1 - literally impossible

      #2 - not being paid 110%

      #3 - the company doesn’t actually reward going above and beyond, and sometimes they punish you

      • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        We ain’t even being paid 100%. I checked what a vaguely comfortable lifestyle would be for my area and even the top earners in the field make nowhere near that number. They were paying me effectively 43%, it was a miracle I came back to work after lunch on Wednesdays.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Surely you’ll be a billionaire too some day, if you only play doormat to the owner class hard enough.

  • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    Why are we still surprised by stories like these? Post pandemic tech layoffs are not performance based. The tech industry has decided that less employees is better than more employees and they’re laying off entire departments.

      • blackbelt352@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        It’s business model is indistinguishable from other Silicon Valley based tech companies, riding hype cycles of disrupting XYZ industry with its incredible new tech thats definitely only a year or 2 away. It’s a tech company.

        • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Except that the manufacture shitty products. Manufacturing something makes them not operate like a tech company, which is why Elon is desperate for people to repeat that they’re a tech company. You’re doing his work for him.

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    Unions are the only way to protect workers. The wealth extraction class only cares about numbers. Collective action can threaten their bottom line and force them to the negotiating table.