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Nobody at Ford has been working there for 112 years. The thing is, Tesla could just hire people who have experience working in quality control for car manufactu
by drcongo 6y ago
Nobody at Ford has been working there for 112 years. The thing is, Tesla could just hire people who have experience working in quality control for car manufacturing and then they'd be just as experienced at it as Ford.
Your logic suggests either a) they haven't bothered hiring people experienced in quality control for car manufacturing, or b) they have, and yet their cars are _still_ this badly made. Neither is a good look.
- qppo 6y agoOr c) they can't because people don't want to work there
- bigmattystyles 6y agoI think you have a valid point but institutional knowledge and processes outlast any one employee's tenure.
- bumby 6y agoCorporate culture doesn't just shift overnight. The Big Three didn't get serious about quality control until Japanese automakers started eating their lunch. Even then, it took time to really ingrain it into the company culture. I don't know what the Tesla culture is like, but if it skews toward the tech "move fast and break things", just hiring experienced QA folks won't magically get everyone onboard to strict, controlled processes.
- Dig1t 6y agoThis is so true, look at any GM or Chrysler car from the 90's. Complete abominations of cars with cheap plastic everywhere and myriad mechanical problems. You can see their attempts to catch up to Japanese cars during this time.