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World News See other World News Articles Title: Fired Tesla Workers Discover They Were Replaced With Cheap Temp Labor Just last week, amid their Model 3 "production hell," Tesla shocked the auto world with news that they would be firing hundreds of workers. Of course, firing seasoned production staff is somewhat atypical for a 'growing' company (shrinking cash flow aside) that was already having difficulty meeting their own production schedule. Of course, the irony was apparently 'lost' on Tesla who tried to dismiss the mass firings as "performance-based terminations." Per Capital and Main: Tesla announced the firings, which are reportedly still continuing, last week. Though no official number of terminations would be given, estimates range from 400 to 1,200. The company did not give advance notice under the WARN Act because, it insisted, they were performance-based terminations, not layoffs. “Like all companies, Tesla conducts an annual performance review during which a manager and employee discuss the results that were achieved during the performance period,” said a Tesla spokesperson in an emailed statement. “As with any company, especially one of over 33,000 employees, performance reviews also occasionally result in employee departures.” As it turns out, we're not the only ones who were surprised by Tesla's mass termination event as laid off workers are now coming forward to say the decision was nothing more than an attempt to break up unionization efforts at the company's Fremont, CA plant and replace seasoned employees with cheap, temporary contract labor. Those are the questions the labor organizing campaign at Tesla is asking, after the company issued a wave of terminations, allegedly linked to performance issues among its 33,000 employees. Several members of the campaign, known as A Fair Future at Tesla, were among those fired, and they all claim to have had excellent performance records. None have been able to obtain the negative reviews that were supposed to be the rationale for their firing. The terminations struck many as strange. Tesla wants to ramp up production of the highly anticipated Model 3, a more affordable electric vehicle. CEO Elon Musk set a goal of 20,000 completed cars per month by this December. But in the third quarter of 2017 Tesla finished just 260. Musk has cited “production bottlenecks” for the poor output. But firing workers and retraining replacements seems a hindrance to, not an improvement on, this goal. Also, Tesla fashions itself a high-growth company, and mass terminations aren’t something high-growth companies do. Furthermore, fired employees claim they never had the kind of review that would explain the terminations. “I had great performance reviews. I don’t believe I was fired for performance,” said Daniel Grant, a production associate at the plant for three years. Grant claims he was injured on the job on a Friday, and fired the following Monday. “The company didn’t show me or others our most recent reviews when they fired us.” Tesla Other production workers say their performance reviews were stellar but were dismissed after speaking out about "low pay, hazardous working conditions and a culture of intimidation at the Fremont plant." Poster Comment: Tesla's days are numbered. They cannot make their new models with machines so they are making them by hand. Over 300,000 potential buyers gave Tesla $1,000 deposits in hopes of getting a new car, German auto makers are coming out with cars real people can buy and drive. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: Horse (#0)
When .gov subsidies end, Tesla ends.
#2. To: Lod (#1)
Yup. It was nothing more than rich trust fund yuppies feeling good about themselves. It will end,and they will go on to find some other hobby.
I am more concerned about the artificial intelligence that Elon Musk is involved with. You do remember the Terminator flicks, right? ;)
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