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Tesla employees reveal how they were fired

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Re: Tesla employees reveal how they were fired

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Post by everdev »

prawn wrote: post #12

Some of this seems like they're trying to find criticism where it's barely warranted. When are you supposed to notify someone of a meeting in which they'll be fired? Too late and it seems like it's last minute. Too soon and they might anxiously stew on it for a week. Not enough indication of what the meeting is about, and they'll be surprised. Give them too much indication and their anxiety will balloon. I've been on…

Exactly. As an employer, I don't want to pay (or demean) someone by telling them to report to a job they know they will lose and have no chance to save. A severance is supposed to ease the transition, but you don't want disgruntled employees in your office.

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Post by everdev »

lovich wrote: post #8
ggm wrote: post #2

If you leave voluntarily, I can see your contract could plausibly deny you points on sales completed after you walked. If you are on commission and the tail payment is not paid because they sacked you without cause, I would be surprised if the payment was not still due. It feels like its a part of the conditions of employment you can't avoid by firing somebody simply to downsize. Doubtless some truly shitty employmen…

You can only bring a lawsuit if you have the money for a lawyer in the first place. If your employer is not paying you, then you are already out a lot of money you could have used to defend your rights

Some lawyers will take a strong case for a percentage of the settlement.

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Post by pi-squared »

TekMol wrote: post #7

My vote for a 'convert submitted amp links to normal links' automatism on HN. Or simply a block like 'You are trying to submit the amp version of a page. Please submit the original'. By the way, shouldnt amp versions automatically have a 'Go to the real page' link on the top or something? I see a totally absurd version of the page on my 30" monitor. With no obvious way to go to the normal page. Not even the url has a…

I first noticed the weird no-margin page, but didn't bother looking at the URL but after:

> "font-weight: 400;">Musk said in an email on Monday...

I got suspicious. Took a look and stopped reading. Flagged the post. I don't know what else to do but GOOGLE you are reaching levels of EVIL.

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Post by XorNot »

This has been coming for a while. In public Elon has been using "eccentric millionaire" to dodge Tesla finance questions which is a sure sign the numbers look bad.

Given they'll need to refinance and I'd bet the Model 3 sales after reservations are low due to the cheap one not being available yet, the company must've been looking at a financing crunch for a while now.

This is very much a move to clean house so they can do another round.

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Post by everdev »

ummonk wrote: post #13

>The company broke promises more than once, she said, adding that she was not reimbursed for mileage, as promised Isn't this a good example of something that merits an NLRB complaint?

> Musk said in an email on Monday that the company was laying off people now so that it would never have to do it again.

Sounds like another promise waiting to be broken. Never is a long time.

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Post by gaius »

There’s no good way to do a layoff, but a good severance package goes a long way towards “doing the right thing”. 1 month per year or part year of service, plus notice period, is fair. Statutory minimum, in the U.K. at least, is a sick joke. That’s all that IBM offers.
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