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It really feels like he enjoys punishing his employees. A lot of the decisions they make just seem much more sadistic than they do practical or even economical.

hbarka 4y ago
In the Fremont facility, assembly workers have a breakroom which is stocked with many brands of cereals. Dispensers full of that dried carton cereal. It was just cereal, milk, water, and drip coffee. Hot cooked meals you can get from a food truck waiting outside between the lobby and parking lot. Tech workers had longer lunches and can walk across the street to the burrito joint. While Google has a restaurant in every building, Tesla had a food truck.
- jelliclesfarm 4y ago
  Clearly you haven’t been to the Fremont facility. It’s a factory. There are no burrito joints across the street. There is a BART a distance away, entirely industrial and a food desert. It hugs the freeway and you can’t really walk anywhere. https://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2018/10/17/how-tesla-feeds-its-reno-gigafactory-local-food-and-drink/1649437002/ https://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2018/10/17/how-tesla-fee... : 2018 article about the food at Gigafactory in Reno [..]The remote location all but demands on-site dining options for employees (a necessary convenience that also keeps folks close to work). A single food truck fed the Gigafactory when it opened in July 2016. Today, the culinary program has grown to encompass 20 trucks (with 12 to 15 on any given day), nine markets run by Rounds Bakery of Reno, an outpost of Roundabout Catering of Sparks, cafés from Sakana Sushi and Bangkok Cuisine of Reno, and a main cafeteria that stretches to 19,000 square feet.[..]
  - hbarka 4y ago
    We can meet at Taqueria Las Vegas & Bar across the street where you can buy me a carne asada burrito.
cyanydeez 4y ago
I assume he's merely accustomed to yesman meetings and that makes less sense in truely technical work

hbarka 4y ago

In the Fremont facility, assembly workers have a breakroom which is stocked with many brands of cereals. Dispensers full of that dried carton cereal. It was just cereal, milk, water, and drip coffee. Hot cooked meals you can get from a food truck waiting outside between the lobby and parking lot. Tech workers had longer lunches and can walk across the street to the burrito joint. While Google has a restaurant in every building, Tesla had a food truck.

jelliclesfarm 4y ago
Clearly you haven’t been to the Fremont facility. It’s a factory. There are no burrito joints across the street. There is a BART a distance away, entirely industrial and a food desert. It hugs the freeway and you can’t really walk anywhere. https://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2018/10/17/how-tesla-feeds-its-reno-gigafactory-local-food-and-drink/1649437002/ https://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2018/10/17/how-tesla-fee... : 2018 article about the food at Gigafactory in Reno [..]The remote location all but demands on-site dining options for employees (a necessary convenience that also keeps folks close to work). A single food truck fed the Gigafactory when it opened in July 2016. Today, the culinary program has grown to encompass 20 trucks (with 12 to 15 on any given day), nine markets run by Rounds Bakery of Reno, an outpost of Roundabout Catering of Sparks, cafés from Sakana Sushi and Bangkok Cuisine of Reno, and a main cafeteria that stretches to 19,000 square feet.[..]
- hbarka 4y ago
  We can meet at Taqueria Las Vegas & Bar across the street where you can buy me a carne asada burrito.

cyanydeez 4y ago

I assume he's merely accustomed to yesman meetings and that makes less sense in truely technical work