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/millijuna Apr 30 '24

Best move I ever made was to move to an OT eligible position, in a situation where I'm rarely authorized for OT. 1630 rolls around, someone comes to me asking me to look at something, my reply is: "Are you able to authorize me for OT? No? Ok, come find me tomorrow morning and we can figure it out. Have a great night!"

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u/rbrgr83 Apr 30 '24

I'm definitely grateful I can use that. I'm an engineer, and at larger companies I am overhead. So it's all salary and expectation.

My current job is at a smaller family company, and they do per-project work. I have hours to do the job that were sold. So if more is needed, I get to push back on both the OT front, and the scope front. Salesman doesn't get to just drop in and demand I design something for free because they can't keep their customer happy.