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4 of my roommates work at Tesla and they all either underreport their hours by about 20% (work 60/week, report 50) or complain about their direct reports leanin

4 of my roommates work at Tesla and they all either underreport their hours by about 20% (work 60/week, report 50) or complain about their direct reports leaning on them to do so. It's really toxic! Tesla should be able to do well without stealing from their imported Canadian interns.

marricks 10y ago
Should they? They're trying to disrupt a hundred year old industry which has used that time to gain efficiency and acquire a stable workforce. Not to mention, many car companies _mainly_ build their luxury and more expensive models in the US. Perhaps the calculus is Tesla has to bank on it's next to get motivated workers and push them to make their production goals. I mean, if I didn't have a fun programming career I might be tempted to help them build cars since working with my hands sounds fun, and so does being a part of Tesla. That being said, does it make it fair? Is it exploitation if the claims are true? Course it isn't fair. I think the best case is Tesla makes a boat load of money selling model 3's and is able to invest in paying it's workforce well, which feels like a pretty crumby thing to hope for since I care a lot about workers rights :/
marricks 10y ago
Should they? They're trying to disrupt a hundred year old industry which has used that time to gain efficiency and acquire a stable workforce. Not to mention, many car companies _mainly_ build their luxury and more expensive models in the US. They use cheaper labor elsewhere for other models. Perhaps the calculus is Tesla has to bank on it's next to get motivated workers and push them to make their production goals. I mean, if I didn't have a fun programming career I might be tempted to help them build cars since working with my hands sounds fun, and so does being a part of Tesla. That being said, does it make it fair? Is it exploitation if the claims are true? Course it isn't fair. I think the best case is Tesla makes a boat load of money selling model 3's and is able to invest in paying it's workforce well, which feels like a pretty crumby thing to hope for since I care a lot about workers rights :/

marricks 10y ago

Should they? They're trying to disrupt a hundred year old industry which has used that time to gain efficiency and acquire a stable workforce. Not to mention, many car companies _mainly_ build their luxury and more expensive models in the US. Perhaps the calculus is Tesla has to bank on it's next to get motivated workers and push them to make their production goals. I mean, if I didn't have a fun programming career I might be tempted to help them build cars since working with my hands sounds fun, and so does being a part of Tesla. That being said, does it make it fair? Is it exploitation if the claims are true? Course it isn't fair. I think the best case is Tesla makes a boat load of money selling model 3's and is able to invest in paying it's workforce well, which feels like a pretty crumby thing to hope for since I care a lot about workers rights :/

marricks 10y ago

Should they? They're trying to disrupt a hundred year old industry which has used that time to gain efficiency and acquire a stable workforce. Not to mention, many car companies _mainly_ build their luxury and more expensive models in the US. They use cheaper labor elsewhere for other models. Perhaps the calculus is Tesla has to bank on it's next to get motivated workers and push them to make their production goals. I mean, if I didn't have a fun programming career I might be tempted to help them build cars since working with my hands sounds fun, and so does being a part of Tesla. That being said, does it make it fair? Is it exploitation if the claims are true? Course it isn't fair. I think the best case is Tesla makes a boat load of money selling model 3's and is able to invest in paying it's workforce well, which feels like a pretty crumby thing to hope for since I care a lot about workers rights :/