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It is not like the other car companies behave differently. My father is working on the shop-floor of a large carmaker and they are setting up the line for a ne
by rawland 9y ago
It is not like the other car companies behave differently.
My father is working on the shop-floor of a large carmaker and they are setting up the line for a new model right now.
Normally, when something happens -- usually "something" is something you puke from and get PTSD from witnessing it -- the whole hall gets a security briefing.
Not now. No time. There is also a lot of pressure to get people working 7 days a week.
Luckily they get a bunch of days off after the new model is going...
- Aloha 9y agoYou're echoing my base question.. as I read this, I was thinking: "How is this any different than GM?" One of my best friends worked to open the Saturn plant in Spring Hill - and after 30 years with GM, his body is worn out and broken from the experience. The reason factory work has traditionally paid so well is to compensate you for the wear and tear on your body - and to entice people to do a repetitive, boring job.
- mhermher 9y agoGM's factory workers are represented by a union. That's the difference. If there are abuses, then there is an avenue for redress.
- Aloha 9y agoYes, they are, they fought for and won that right for representation, the Tesla workers are welcome to do the same. However, being unionized is not a forgone conclusion, generally (but not universally) companies EARN a union thru systemic long term mistreatment of employees.
- greglindahl 9y agoDoesn't that make it doubly interesting to compare Tesla's injury rates to a US, unionized plant? Not to mention all of the non-union, non-Tesla auto plants?