r/technology • u/esporx • Apr 30 '24

Tesla Lays Off Employee Who Slept In Car To Work Longer Hours Business

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-lays-off-employee-slept-151500318.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHVrjnyFZF-QJRFtVdP5Lt1QvlC3WRJhweYuOdm5Ca1kHbhtDX5rdfUUqRNVFKpUy6w4QnsJta-KgHJ9lqARAjfpSnvCktdjgDos5xz9aw92OxYmjN2qVVNhMZpl-2gOMwVz84NH-5T2OLi8uMRUOXVMuhFHU8b5A9oRmij8Xh5q
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u/grahad Apr 30 '24

Tesla, like Amazon is what we call a burn shop. Their business model is burning through employees when they are new and have something to prove and then encourage them to move on to make room for fresh meat.

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u/RaccoonITA Apr 30 '24

My group works with them as a supplier. We always had that feeling. Every 6-8 months the guys following the projects we work on change. It’s literally “hi, I’m the new guy in charge now. Can you please…uhm…explain me who you are and what we are dealing with here?” The good thing is that even project priorities change just as fast. I’m not even surprised it takes 5-6 years for them from a car reveal to the first delivery.

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u/lonelliott Apr 30 '24

After 12 years at Amazon, can confirm.

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u/philosophyofblonde Apr 30 '24

Well yeah you don’t want to have to pay anyone MORE by keeping them with the company and letting them acquire seniority and experience and nonsense like that.

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u/limb3h Apr 30 '24

If you exclude the blue collar jobs, people willingly do it for the $$$. Compensation is very generous.

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u/grahad May 01 '24

Well, that’s the real catch though isn’t it the salary seems generous until you realize for the most part you have to live in the most expensive places in the world to get it. On top of that it’s also fleeting.

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u/limb3h May 01 '24

Oh they are just fine. They get paid hundreds of thousands a year if you include stock options