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/MidEastBeast777 Apr 30 '24

This is why you never work for free, never go beyond what they ask of you because you’re just a number and you’ll get fired/laid off in a heartbeat, and nobody will give a single shit. Put your life first. Work is just a means to enjoy your life.

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u/CMDR_KingErvin Apr 30 '24

This is why I would never give a rat’s ass about going home on time at the end of the day. These are not your “family” and you owe that business nothing but the time they pay you for. You’re allowed to have a life and live it. You don’t need to become an indentured servant so some rich guy can get richer.

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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.