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> A Tesla spokesperson claimed Maggie Aranda’s termination was due to cellphone usage at work, and Carlos Aranda was terminated over a tweet that violated Tesla

> A Tesla spokesperson claimed Maggie Aranda’s termination was due to cellphone usage at work, and Carlos Aranda was terminated over a tweet that violated Tesla standards. Way to bury the lede: Tesla now fires people over bad tweets! Who will be the next CEO? More seriously, I don't doubt that Tesla treats its employees badly. The company went through a self-described period of "production hell." I don't get the sense that anyone was treated well, and replaceable hourly workers tend to be the most vulnerable. This quote is also misleading: > Nevada is a right-to-work state, so they didn’t need any sort of reason for firing me "Right-to-work" means that employees can't be required to join a union as a condition of being employed at a company. What she's referring to is "at will employment" which is the norm in most US states (including California.)

ryanmercer 7y ago
>Tesla now fires people over bad tweets! Many companies, especially publicly traded ones, have social media policies now. Some go as far as to require you to provide all of your usernames. If I wear my work badge outside of work, and someone makes a complaint about my actions or behavior while I'm off the clock, corporate security similarly investigates it. This is nothing new. This is also why you'll see, with higher profile persons, "These views reflect my own and not that of my employer" or similar verbiage on their social media and blog bios. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2011/11/01_hassan/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications... PDF WARNING https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/litigation_committees/trialevidence/sample-social-media-policy.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/lit...
- mrosett 7y ago
  I was just making a joke about Elon Musk, who is prone to tweeting things that cost him and the company tens of millions of dollars: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/judge-approves-elon-musks-settlement-with-sec.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/judge-approves-elon-musks-se... I'm not surprised they have a blanket social media policy. It was just ironic in context.

ryanmercer 7y ago

>Tesla now fires people over bad tweets! Many companies, especially publicly traded ones, have social media policies now. Some go as far as to require you to provide all of your usernames. If I wear my work badge outside of work, and someone makes a complaint about my actions or behavior while I'm off the clock, corporate security similarly investigates it. This is nothing new. This is also why you'll see, with higher profile persons, "These views reflect my own and not that of my employer" or similar verbiage on their social media and blog bios. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2011/11/01_hassan/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications... PDF WARNING https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/litigation_committees/trialevidence/sample-social-media-policy.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/lit...

mrosett 7y ago
I was just making a joke about Elon Musk, who is prone to tweeting things that cost him and the company tens of millions of dollars: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/judge-approves-elon-musks-settlement-with-sec.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/judge-approves-elon-musks-se... I'm not surprised they have a blanket social media policy. It was just ironic in context.