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Judging from the full body of his email (which I'm guessing plenty of people read before it even reached the news judging from how many of my friends sent it to
by eganist 7y ago
Judging from the full body of his email (which I'm guessing plenty of people read before it even reached the news judging from how many of my friends sent it to me), it seems like he really doesn't care about his staff.
Choice quote:
> I will personally be at work, but that's just me. Totally okay if you want to stay at home for any reason.
If this isn't the most peer-pressure-y way to tell people to show up, I don't know what is. The head of the company choosing to keep showing up to the office in the middle of an outbreak is the exact opposite of the precedent he should be setting right now.
Shoot, he can even tell people he's going to work from home and still secretly come to the office; people would understand. It's his company. Or he could've just not mentioned his plans at all. But by mentioning his plans, his direct reports will still show up, their direct reports will largely still show up, and anyone who doesn't want demerits on their performance reviews will all still show up. No different from an unlimited leave policy where people take no leave.
This is absolutely wrong. And hopefully illegal. And I definitely did cancel my Tesla order (RN112815329) because of it.
- steve_adams_86 7y agoI agree, what an awful way to pressure your team. I respect you voting with your wallet like that.
- eganist 7y agoSeems the downward pressure from Elon has been successful. > Thousands of workers streamed into the factory Tuesday, many arriving by bus. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-18/coronavirus-tesla-fremont-plant-shutdown https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-18/coronaviru...
- ginsing 7y agoThe head of the company FORCED for NO REASON mostly close the factory. cmon, whole our SF area is on lockdown now, this is the most stupid hysteria in lost 5 years. And yes, plz dont bullshit about "pandemia" bla-bla-bla. Look into the numbers, and look how many BILLIONS of dollars we are spending cause INSIGNIFICANT number of deaths. Thats thinking actually is absolutely wrong but nots illegal, cause you know stupidity is a thing now.
- koheripbal 7y agoI suspect people with vulnerable household members will probably not show up, regardless of their reporting structure.
- joejerryronnie 7y agoNot if they also want to put food on the table.
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- lowdose 7y agoEven when all his employees get sick the chance someone dies is extremely low. So Elon is entitled to have the opinion that this Wuhan fever is more in our head than actually taking lives at scale. And from that point of view priority number one for him is still progressing humanity further.