Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
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Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
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Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#2It’s nearly impossible to fight defamation like this. Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. The amount of power they have over your future is insane and in certain situations, like the one in the article, you basically have no recourse.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#3It’s nearly impossible to fight defamation like this. Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. The amount of power they have over your future is insane and in certain situations, like the one in the article, you basically have no recourse.
>Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible.
That's not the only defense, this is example #25360432 showing how necessary labor unions are.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#4It’s nearly impossible to fight defamation like this. Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. The amount of power they have over your future is insane and in certain situations, like the one in the article, you basically have no recourse.
>Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. That's not the only defense, this is example #25360432 showing how necessary labor unions are.
"showing how necessary labor unions are"
Chicago is a great example of labor unions and how well they work out.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. That's not the only defense, this is example #25360432 showing how necessary labor unions are.
"showing how necessary labor unions are" Chicago is a great example of labor unions and how well they work out.
Chicago is also a great example of democracy and how well it works out, along with Russia. Maybe don't make a place with massive corruption your example.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Only defense against it is to be as careful choosing your employer as possible. That's not the only defense, this is example #25360432 showing how necessary labor unions are.
"showing how necessary labor unions are" Chicago is a great example of labor unions and how well they work out.
Only the biggest, nastiest unions were able to survive the purge.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#7TFA is kind of a strange re-telling of an interesting story.
It came into the public view after an article from Inc. about Musk's famous email telling people to break with the chain of command. [1]
The HuffPo posted an article responding to Inc raising Balan's concerns [2];
> At the time Balan was working on the interiors design team at Tesla, where she identified and “tried … to solve two engineering issues,” she wrote recently on her blog — design flaws that needed to be addressed by the company. But when she tried to force management to fix the problems she was “bullied, humiliated, demoted and retaliated against in the most horrible way possible.” She considered leaving Tesla, but fellow engineers convinced her to stay. “I promised them I [would] get to Elon one way or the other,” she wrote, “even if I [had to go] to the Supreme Court.”
> Balan attempted to go through proper channels but soon found herself “in an even more threatening situation.” She began recording her meetings with fellow engineers when they discussed problems within the company. One recorded meeting lasted more than two hours. The recordings were “for Elon’s ears only,” she wrote in her blog.
>> Then I made my mistake: I wrote an email to Elon Musk, in reference to the infamous ‘Communication within Tesla’ email, to let him know I must meet with him in order to show him evidence of … things going on inside the company that he needed to be aware of.
The original blog post that HuffPo references is gone, but Balan has since posted a long blog article to try to tell her side of the story, which is certainly an interesting read of it's own right. [3]
[1] - https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/this-email-from-elon-musk-...
[2] - http://deleter.net/index.php/news/5541/Business/September-11...
[3] - http://cristinaibalanstory.com/teslas-longest-comment-on-an-...
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
"showing how necessary labor unions are" Chicago is a great example of labor unions and how well they work out.
Chicago is also a great example of democracy and how well it works out, along with Russia. Maybe don't make a place with massive corruption your example.
You're right I mean the teamsters union is such an upstanding example of the positive effects of unions.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#9Why on earth would Tesla defaming her on some news site after her resignation be required to go to arbitration? Not only does the timeline not fit, it isn't even an employment contract matter.
Re: Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation
#10There are lots of problems here and it seems to me that Tesla is being a bully.
Cristina Balan has a fundraiser page, at https://www.gofundme.com/f/a86fmm-fighting-tesla-for-defamin... and there is some text there from her, setting out some facts as she has seen them.