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Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

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Re: Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

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I'm sure this is at least partly tied-in to their ongoing, illegal efforts to crush labor organizing at their plants. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-nlrb/worker-testifi...

>> illegal efforts

Yet to be determined by a court. Precision in language is important, no matter how heated you are about a situation.

Re: Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

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post #3

Claims no production staff were affected. Don't know the employee breakdown but imagine production is a huge portion of it. Hard to believe entire other divisions weren't completely eliminated if production not touched.

could be sales and marketing

Re: Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

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I'm sure this is at least partly tied-in to their ongoing, illegal efforts to crush labor organizing at their plants. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-nlrb/worker-testifi...

>> illegal efforts Yet to be determined by a court. Precision in language is important, no matter how heated you are about a situation.

True.

Let's go with "immoral efforts." I think that's precise enough language.

Re: Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘restructures’ the company

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Friendly PSA: always negotiate severance. Companies can always be forced to restructure like this or even just choose to on a whim. Pressure from the board, hiring a new CTO who wants to bring in his or her own people, etc. etc.

Always make sure you are happy with what type of offsetting compensation you’ll receive in this eventuality before taking the job, and consider it a huge timesaver if an employer passes on you because you asked to negotiate a competitive severance package.

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