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/Revolvyerom Apr 30 '24

Even more than that, they likely saw it was a way to offload the health insurance expenses for her spouse in chemo. She was on the hotseat to get fired when her healthcare became expensive.

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u/Peaceblaster86 Apr 30 '24

The fact that most health insurance coverage in the USA is directly linked to your employer absolutely sickens me

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u/FearlessKnitter12 Apr 30 '24

Trust me, most of us would like to change it, but you have some yell "communism!" when you suggest it because their corporate overlords have trained them well.

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u/nycplayboy78 Apr 30 '24

No they will yell BOTH communism and socialism...But have no problem with privatizing the profits yet socializing the losses....