Why would anyone work there if this is the case? I agree that Tesla cars are very futuristic, but glory all goes to the company and Elon. Do employee get like a huge bonus or something if they survived long enough? There's got be a reason this article is not mentioning.
The entire Mars, gonna save the world shtick? It's a recruitment ploy. Most of his claims don't hold up to closer scrutiny, but it's aimed at young tech professionals who _really want_ for their job to make sense, so much, that they're willing to overlook both the evidence it might not _and_ the bad quality of a job offer, just to hook themselves to someone who has a "bright vision." Truth is, much of tech nowadays d…
Mars, well, Elon is a recruitment tool. So, recruiting talents hasn't been an issue for Tesla. There is a natural turnover rate for technical staff either case. Elon figures so long his metrics is okay, everything will be fine, which is "incoming talents ~= outgoing talents" (adjust the operator as company expand or reduction). So far the company has expanded too fast, so Elon let his ego take over to abuse at will. Also probably due to stress, etc. I called "controlled let go." (both the employees and his self control) Haha.
Of course this is just speculation.