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Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by _ea1k »

jvanderbot wrote: post #244
tonoto wrote: post #211

So.. Did I get this right now? In order to avoid effects of a hypothetical recession, Tesla will cut 10% of the jobs and by doing that, Tesla will be one of the bigger causes of that recession to actually take place?

I really don't think Tesla employment count has that big an effect on the broader US economy. Do you?

I'd be surprised if it had a negative impact. Since they are currently hiring production staff for new plants, its likely that overall staffing will still be higher 12 months from now than today.

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by fnordpiglet »

NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #311
fnordpiglet wrote: post #195

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That’s not true. At will is almost never an excuse for violating contracts, employment law, or various discrimination protections. That said they can do it, but they would expose themselves to copious lawsuit liability.

Being a contract worker is the alternative to being an at-will employee. Employment law, nor discrimination protection law, have anything to say about dismissing at-will employees who are surplus to business needs. Any kind of competent HR department will be able to manage a paper trail sufficient to dismiss at-will employees in a bullet-proof way, especially in a general business turndown.

That’s untrue, lay-offs and not for cause terminations have all sorts of protections and implications for the employer. The employment law body for not for cause termination is substantial, and discrimination law absolutely applies in not for cause termination - if they laid off all their pregnant and black employees you don’t think there would be liability?

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by flutas »

ethanbond wrote: post #218
Karawebnetwork wrote: post #209

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This reminds me of Musk's recent comments about "political attacks against him in the coming days". It has since been learned that he had been reached by Business Insider to comment about the sexual abuse case beforehand. He already knew that an article against him was coming so he framed the narrative before it even reached the public. I would not be surprised this was the same here. Tell everyone "Leave if you don'…

Yeah, since the BI story – and in particular his attempt to frontrun it and turn his personal legal troubles into a culture war battleground – I think we can assume pretty slimy tactics from Musk.

> I think we can assume pretty slimy tactics from Musk.

I personally think we can assume slimy tactics from everyone involved.

Did Musk do what he was accused of? Knowing his attitude most likely.

Did someone also have very large shorts opened on Tesla right before the story dropped, to expire a day later? Yep.

https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/152743945535046860...

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by fnordpiglet »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #177
sokoloff wrote: post #128

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weeks ? I have a ton of respect for what he's accomplished, but from my perspective, I think he's been pretty chaotic in communications for years .

> he's been pretty chaotic in communications for years True. But he was less impulsive in his actions. The Twitter acquisition is a boondoggle. He could have just tweeted about it.

Getting into a pedo flame war with a literal hero?

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

daniel-cussen wrote: post #313
deelowe wrote: post #303

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I started assuming this after Musk called that cave exploration expert in Thailand a pedophile.

Hey after all that activity on Twitter you gotta give him leeway at some point, just like a cop who's been in a thousand conflicts gets a pass when things go wrong, there has to be a margin of error.

I'm hoping this was sarcasm.

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Post by [deleted] »

belter wrote: post #274
ethanbond wrote: post #218

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Yeah, since the BI story – and in particular his attempt to frontrun it and turn his personal legal troubles into a culture war battleground – I think we can assume pretty slimy tactics from Musk.

Slimy tactics? From the person that said one of his companies can fix Spinal and Brain injuries?: https://youtu.be/cgyFL5Hzy-s?t=1312 Surely...

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Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by Tehchops »

Karawebnetwork wrote: post #209
ericbarrett wrote: post #16

A couple of days ago somebody posted this Reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/v2lpdw/e... "Tesla expanded massively during Covid, as of now half of the dev team(including me) don’t have parking space or desk. It’s physically impossible for everyone to return to office. "Should I ignore the email, or should I drive to the office and sit under the stairs?" Commenters' general feeling was…

This reminds me of Musk's recent comments about "political attacks against him in the coming days". It has since been learned that he had been reached by Business Insider to comment about the sexual abuse case beforehand. He already knew that an article against him was coming so he framed the narrative before it even reached the public. I would not be surprised this was the same here. Tell everyone "Leave if you don'…

Despite the zealous beliefs of the visionary, thought-leader techbro space that Musk's every move was to drive civilization forward in some kind of libertarian, technocrat utopia, it seems very clear at this point every one of these moves was absolutely a self-serving narrative shield around incredibly typical corporate/rich-person bad behavior.

Oh but who could have seen this coming except oh wait everyone.

The schadenfreude has been hilarious. Twitter has been blessedly devoid of the kind of chest-thumping he typically elicits and it has been glorious.

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by throwawaybobby »

flutas wrote: post #324
ethanbond wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, since the BI story – and in particular his attempt to frontrun it and turn his personal legal troubles into a culture war battleground – I think we can assume pretty slimy tactics from Musk.

> I think we can assume pretty slimy tactics from Musk. I personally think we can assume slimy tactics from everyone involved. Did Musk do what he was accused of? Knowing his attitude most likely. Did someone also have very large shorts opened on Tesla right before the story dropped, to expire a day later? Yep. https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/152743945535046860...

That someone could be him, since he knew the story was going to break and tank the stock.

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Post by sitkack »

greesil wrote: post #300
sitkack wrote: post #161

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Have a Manager Booth halfway between the two charging stations for checkins, in addition to video calls. Biobreaks (exercise, waste removal, nutrition ingestion) can happen during charging if the Teslas remain unmodified. I just realized that the Tesla could eject the worker a couple miles before the charging station, calculating the workout and charge duration so that the employee would have to run at the correct ra…

We wondered how the open office plan could get worse. Now, we wonder no more!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Plenty_of_Room_at_th...
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