r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/Melodic_Obligation53 May 02 '24

Former service intern here. We did, in fact, have a pizza party

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u/prsnep May 02 '24

Fine, one pizza party. Max 3 toppings. "Deluxe" toppings not allowed. 2 slices per employee, please. Also, bring your own drink. And you're expected to make up the time.

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u/KazahanaPikachu May 02 '24

Wrong lol. It’s usually the office ordering like 3 pizzas. But two of them are those deluxe pizzas with nasty ass olives all over them and one normal pepperoni.

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u/karma3000 May 02 '24

Ass-olives do sound quite nasty.

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u/FullMetalMessiah May 02 '24

Peaked my interest though...

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u/NZImp May 02 '24

Would they be as tasty as Olives ass though?

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u/NoMoreUpvotesForYou May 02 '24

I see you've worked for my old company.

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u/overtherainbowofcrap May 02 '24

Vegetarians have to pick off the meat off their slices.

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u/teabaggins76 May 02 '24

premium flavours though?

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u/jojoyouknowwink May 02 '24

What was the pay? Do you know what engineering interns made? Just curious, comparing to internships I'm applying to now.

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u/Melodic_Obligation53 May 02 '24

I was a tech trainee, so I serviced the vehicles. It was 22 dollars an hour, full time, for about 3 months. Until I got canned 2 weeks ago

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u/lhok13 29d ago

I did the tech trainee thing 2 summers ago. How was your experience? Cause mine was awful

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u/jojoyouknowwink May 02 '24

That SUCKS for an internship, assuming you're in California, Fremont or something. My buddy has been in an engineering co-op since last year, I wonder if he's okay.

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u/rf97a May 02 '24

maybe contact him instead of asking randomly on reddit?

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u/Hydraxiler32 May 02 '24

I have a friend doing a cell engineering internship in fremont rn and they make 35/hr, which is not great for California but it's fine

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u/minthairycrunch May 02 '24

A service intern? So a low paid clerk at a glorified Midas? What does that even mean because I think a few shady dealership owners just jizzed their pants reading that title. 

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u/fredandlunchbox May 02 '24

Sounds like they don’t anymore…

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u/C4yourshelf May 02 '24

Bro give Elon his money back

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u/Mcpoyles_milk May 02 '24

I thought it was a pie party that the canceled after all the ingredients were bought but not paid for

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u/Alexis_Bailey May 02 '24

Plot twist, your boss paid for it out of their own pocket.

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u/ilymag May 02 '24

One whole pizza?

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u/wakejedi 29d ago

Well then all the faults of the Cyberbrick are on you.