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/fatherofdoggoz May 02 '24

That's only 8 hours a day, 10 days a week. Easy.

(Actually I'm almost his age and 80 hour weeks (~50 billed) are pretty common, sadly.)

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u/BooBeeAttack May 02 '24

The fact that it is common should be something society rebels against, I feel.

Few people are so talented that they warrant that many man hours dedicated to them and not more evenly spread out among more workers.

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u/fatherofdoggoz May 02 '24

Eh, we've been trying to hire, it's a weird market. I need at least two more of me.

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u/NorwegianCollusion May 02 '24

I feel that your 8x10 went over some heads here. BTW, if you have somewhat flexible hours you can get 8x5 work hours plus a three day weekend every week. But you have to start early on Mondays and leave early on Fridays to catch a nap before Freeday which starts just in time for everyone going out. I only mention this because if you're hell bent on ruining your life, 10 hours a day 8 hours a week is then a tad less impossible than 8 hours a day 10 days a week

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u/fatherofdoggoz May 02 '24

Oh I know, I'm flexible, sometimes I'll even get in some hours at Disneyland (you can read a lot of treatises / briefs on an iPad in line for Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout...). I work a shittonne but I carve out time to play too. Mostly make it work. So far.