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SpaceX Must Pay $4M for Thousands of Underpaid Employees
- aurizon 9y agoFire every one who got a settlement
- RoyTyrell 9y agoYea, that's a fantastic way to show maturity and that the company doesn't retaliate against employees... Sounds like something you'd expect from a place like Uber. Treating employees poorly by not allowing simple breaks and then retaliating against them isn't made up by having a cool goal. If SpaceX in fact does that, I hope the rest of their employees leave.
- aurizon 9y agoYes. an Uber thing, not likely for SpaceX. I suspect this was a scheme by lawyers and not by any abuse by Spacex
- HarryHirsch 9y agoWhy is a settlement even allowed? If I tried walking out of Walmart with nothing more than an unpaid TV under the arm I'm looking at criminal charges. If someone drove away with a truck with 10000 TVs for Walmart (midrange, USD 400 each) and got caught they will look at a lengthy stay in prison. But SpaceX gets to settle. They need a dedicated prison-goer, like the Yakuza have. This kind of misbehaviour is what criminal charges (as opposed to civil charges) are designed for.
- tehlike 9y agoProbably because employees had the right to quit.
- newsat13 9y agoThis is probably true for Tesla as well. Many people I know in Tesla are overworked (not sure if they are underpaid though).