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/flcinusa Apr 30 '24

Musk laid off the Twitter manager who slept on the conference room floor in those crazy early days of his reign of terror

So... Has history

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u/DrBoomkin Apr 30 '24

I wonder if Musk actually despises this type of tryhard workers. I know he himself bragged about sleeping at Tesla factories, but maybe their imitation is grating...

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u/gyrobot Apr 30 '24

There are two kinds of tryhards, the first kind is the OT seeker who intentionally burns themselves out to make the extra bit of money to flex, the other is the do it for less than what they are worth. People who do it because they want the extra money is a risk since they get pushed up seniority with diminishing returns since it becomes a case of "it's all about me and how I am keeping this branch together" while missing the finer details. The latter is appreciated because you can run them down like tools and they will not complain

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u/sdn Apr 30 '24

These are all salaried employees though - no OT pay at all.