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Being a startup in the automotive manufacturing business is not the same as being a startup in the software business. A software company with 1000 employees is
by EthanHeilman 10y ago
Being a startup in the automotive manufacturing business is not the same as being a startup in the software business. A software company with 1000 employees is huge, an automotive manufacturing company with 1000 employees is tiny.
- Xixi 10y agoOut of curiosity I checked the number of employees of a small car manufacturer no too far from my hometown: Bugatti. 91 employees for an output of about 40 cars a year. I'm actually surprised that is possible at all to be so small in the automotive industry (though to be fair they belong to Volkswagen Group). Of course not trying to compare that to Tesla, the goal/scope/market is just too different.
- maxxxxx 10y agoGumpert produces a super sports car with around 50 employees. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Automobil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Automobil It really doesn't take many people to produce a car.
- EthanHeilman 10y agoThat is a fair point. I was comparing Tesla to the scale of companies that it wants to compete against.
- saalweachter 10y agoSo is Tesla compensating its factory workers with stock options? If you're working for a startup and they expect you to work long hours for pay below the industry standard and they don't give you stock or stock options, they don't get to play the "startup!" card. We debate endlessly the risk/reward for stock options in a startup versus good pay and benefits at an established company, but if they aren't even giving you stock--