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This news is unsavory for many of us as it breaks the bubble. In no world is it realistic that each employee report safety issues directly to the CEO. That comm

This news is unsavory for many of us as it breaks the bubble. In no world is it realistic that each employee report safety issues directly to the CEO. That comment when heard by internal staff actually says the opposite, report it to me and you risk your job. [edit: I love Musk and all his visionary work. Consider it this way, think of Musks usual week and how much he's up to, now imagine on a day he's announcing a new Space X breakthrough that you are working on site and there is an issue with the batch of door handles that have just arrived to you from the warehouse. What should you do? Are you just going to stop work on the assembly and drop Musk a line?)] [edit 2: Seems Musk didn't actually say he wanted to be contacted directly by employees facing safety issues, see below]

skybrian 9y ago
You might want to read the linked article, because that's not what it says: http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-factory-injuries-email-2017-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-factory-injur... "Musk then said he wants direct reports about every injury, without exception, going forward. He also plans to spend time on the assembly line."
- evolve2k 9y ago
  Ok yes, on re-reading I think this article is talking bullshit. The sentence does read "but has since told employees to report injuries directly to him", but the linked article behind the article then explains that he wants all injuries reported to him. Subtly different, dirty journalism. I think my point on us living in a "Musk can't do wrong bubble stands" but on this occasion it seems shoddy reporting should mean we can't make a strong comment on what he should be doing here.
  - michael_storm 9y ago
    > Subtly different, dirty journalism. Or it was a mistake. Journalists sometimes make them, too.
    - forgotmysn 9y ago
      That's what editors are for. Bloggers can make those sort of mistakes, but when it comes from a publisher like BI and the number of eyes it sees before it gets pushed, it's safe to assume that they mean to say what they say.
      - dwighttk 9y ago
        BI is a blog
    - stcredzero 9y ago
      > Or it was a mistake. Journalists sometimes make them, too. My experience with small time journalists, is that many are unethical and they are busy thinking of a narrative that they can sell to their editor and/or their audience. If their distortions were mistakes, they would be random, but lots of people reporting news in media generally err on the side of being more lurid, shocking, or controversial. You can tell the ethical ones, because they manage to avoid this and be the "cooler heads that prevail."
  - frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
    ...what? Dirty journalism? It's obviously just a misreading by the writer of this piece. The author never even suggests reporting injuries directly to the CEO is onerous or anything(which seems to be what you initially thought). It sorta seems like focusing on a small error and ignoring the more important point which is stuff like this: "We have raised these issues repeatedly, but they remain unresolved," >but on this occasion it seems shoddy reporting should mean we can't make a strong comment on what he should be doing here. Of course we can, there's a lot of articles other than this BI one. Musk should meet at least several of the things they're asking. Stopping anti-union behavior, laying out clear paths for promotion and improving the safety of his factories all seem like perfectly reasonable requests.
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skybrian 9y ago

You might want to read the linked article, because that's not what it says: http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-factory-injuries-email-2017-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-factory-injur... "Musk then said he wants direct reports about every injury, without exception, going forward. He also plans to spend time on the assembly line."

evolve2k 9y ago
Ok yes, on re-reading I think this article is talking bullshit. The sentence does read "but has since told employees to report injuries directly to him", but the linked article behind the article then explains that he wants all injuries reported to him. Subtly different, dirty journalism. I think my point on us living in a "Musk can't do wrong bubble stands" but on this occasion it seems shoddy reporting should mean we can't make a strong comment on what he should be doing here.
- michael_storm 9y ago
  > Subtly different, dirty journalism. Or it was a mistake. Journalists sometimes make them, too.
  - forgotmysn 9y ago
    That's what editors are for. Bloggers can make those sort of mistakes, but when it comes from a publisher like BI and the number of eyes it sees before it gets pushed, it's safe to assume that they mean to say what they say.
    - dwighttk 9y ago
      BI is a blog
  - stcredzero 9y ago
    > Or it was a mistake. Journalists sometimes make them, too. My experience with small time journalists, is that many are unethical and they are busy thinking of a narrative that they can sell to their editor and/or their audience. If their distortions were mistakes, they would be random, but lots of people reporting news in media generally err on the side of being more lurid, shocking, or controversial. You can tell the ethical ones, because they manage to avoid this and be the "cooler heads that prevail."
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
  ...what? Dirty journalism? It's obviously just a misreading by the writer of this piece. The author never even suggests reporting injuries directly to the CEO is onerous or anything(which seems to be what you initially thought). It sorta seems like focusing on a small error and ignoring the more important point which is stuff like this: "We have raised these issues repeatedly, but they remain unresolved," >but on this occasion it seems shoddy reporting should mean we can't make a strong comment on what he should be doing here. Of course we can, there's a lot of articles other than this BI one. Musk should meet at least several of the things they're asking. Stopping anti-union behavior, laying out clear paths for promotion and improving the safety of his factories all seem like perfectly reasonable requests.
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