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A big part of it is just how expensive it is to live here. She mentions 3k on rent, for example. Kids are expensive as well, so while salaries can often appear

A big part of it is just how expensive it is to live here. She mentions 3k on rent, for example. Kids are expensive as well, so while salaries can often appear high, the costs often scale to match. As she also mentions, it sounds like a large part of his total compensation was tied up in bonuses, which can be great when they work out well, but are much more discretionary than salary, as the story indicates.

dominotw 8y ago
> As she also mentions, it sounds like a large part of his total compensation was tied up in bonuses, which can be great when they work out well, but are much more discretionary than salary, as the story indicates. Sounds like they took a gamble and didn't work out. also is this a scam? https://www.gofundme.com/help-kari-pollock039s-family https://www.gofundme.com/help-kari-pollock039s-family
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  I don't think it's fair to rationalize poor labor practices. If they had paid out this worker's remaining sign up bonus and his 2018 performance bonus, we would've likely never heard of this. I know I won't recommend Tesla vehicles to anyone anymore (this is the final publicized labor issue "straw" as a customer). And if Tesla is so cash strapped they couldn't pay that comp out for folks to move on mostly whole (60 days severance, remaining bonuses due, COBRA), management needs to be replaced with someone who can properly forecast cashflow, and more to the point, manage a business of this scale appropriately. EDIT: I have reported the GoFundMe campaign you mention to have the organizer verified.
  - dominotw 8y ago
    This is not the first time tesla has been accused of the poor labor practices( like you pointed out). They voluntarily made the deal with the devil, had no qualms about working for such a company. Why would a known shitty company treat this particular person any differently.

dominotw 8y ago

> As she also mentions, it sounds like a large part of his total compensation was tied up in bonuses, which can be great when they work out well, but are much more discretionary than salary, as the story indicates. Sounds like they took a gamble and didn't work out. also is this a scam? https://www.gofundme.com/help-kari-pollock039s-family https://www.gofundme.com/help-kari-pollock039s-family

toomuchtodo 8y ago
I don't think it's fair to rationalize poor labor practices. If they had paid out this worker's remaining sign up bonus and his 2018 performance bonus, we would've likely never heard of this. I know I won't recommend Tesla vehicles to anyone anymore (this is the final publicized labor issue "straw" as a customer). And if Tesla is so cash strapped they couldn't pay that comp out for folks to move on mostly whole (60 days severance, remaining bonuses due, COBRA), management needs to be replaced with someone who can properly forecast cashflow, and more to the point, manage a business of this scale appropriately. EDIT: I have reported the GoFundMe campaign you mention to have the organizer verified.
- dominotw 8y ago
  This is not the first time tesla has been accused of the poor labor practices( like you pointed out). They voluntarily made the deal with the devil, had no qualms about working for such a company. Why would a known shitty company treat this particular person any differently.