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>Charley Briese said his job involved pulling down a hanging drill three times a minute for 12 to 16 hours a day, causing severe tendinitis 12-16 hrs a day?
by leemailll 9y ago
>Charley Briese said his job involved pulling down a hanging drill three times a minute for 12 to 16 hours a day, causing severe tendinitis
12-16 hrs a day?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- Animats 9y agoThat's unusual in the auto industry. Usually, plants run a second shift rather than paying overtime to the first shift. It's cheaper. Accident rates go up and quality goes down as employees get tired. You have to have a meal break in there, which costs more line downtime than a shift change.
- blackguardx 9y agoTesla must have a hard time hiring. I'm shocked they aren't running three shifts with the production backlog they have.
- andars 9y agoThey started running three shifts some months ago.
- blackguardx 9y agoWhy did that guy say he was working 12-16 hrs per day? I'm out of the loop on internal Tesla matters.
- RoyTyrell 9y agoHopefully the pay is decent and they were non-exempt. Otherwise, salary makes you into someone's bitch.
- c3534l 9y agoWhen your job involves pulling down a hanging drill, and the worse injury a person can expect is tennis elbow, that's not too bad. Also, yes, poor people work 12-16 hours a day. It was certainly the case when I worked at a grocery store years ago, at least.
- kagamine 9y agoDoes that mean it's acceptable?
- trevyn 9y agoIt means that other types of injuries (death, dismemberment) should be prioritized.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoIt's often overwork that cause the death and dismemberment.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoAre there no unions involved? Or was he making tons of money because of overtime so didn't care until it became a critical health problem? Sounds like both the employee and the employer were falling down on the job of ensuring safe working practices. Not to mention lax regulation.
- icc97 9y agoYes there are unions involved, from the 3rd and 4th last paragraphs: > Alan Ochoa said long hours repeating the same moves over and over with a drill caused enough hand pain to prevent him from working. He was given an office job but said carpal tunnel injuries prevented him from typing on his laptop. > Tesla has made improvements, he said. “But why did they change? They changed because of its union efforts.”
- kwhitefoot 9y agoThanks for politely clarifying that. I have to confess that I read the comments rather than the article. Must do better.