Tesla Motors Lay Off Employees

[Bones]

http://jalopnik.com/5064700/electric-car-maker-tesla-lays-off-most-of-metro-detroit-office-with-blog-post

Classy way to do business.

[The Last Rebel]

They'll probably be gone soon. Besides, who's in the market for a $100,000+ electric sports car?

[Bill Brasky]

They'll probably be gone soon. Besides, who's in the market for a $100,000+ electric sports car?

Ed Begley and......

[Doug's Tubes]

Tesla motors was just featured in a 60 minutes type program where they sort of admitted they were just nerdy types and not real auto industry people. The founder of Paypal runs the company and has put $42 million of his own money into this project already. In retrospect not only are they clueless about the auto business, it looks like they dont have much aptitude for employee relations either.

[googoobaby]

I don't intend this to be a mean comment, but I've had a lot of startup experience. One thing I've learned is that if someone joins a high concept startup, they shouldn't be surprised if it flames out.

[loudboy]

http://jalopnik.com/5064700/electric-car-maker-tesla-lays-off-most-of-metro-detroit-office-with-blog-post

Classy way to do business.

A very good friend of mine was laid off, in a staff meeting, in front of everyone. She was a Managing VP, and had been there for 18 years.

No severance, no benefits continuation, no nothing.

[XKnight]

It may not be classy, but some folks forget that working for a private company is not a right.

[Doug's Tubes]

But being treated respectfully is.

In this day in age of electronic news traveling at the speed of light, lets see how long a company can treat employees like shit and continue to attract top notch recruits.

[echale3]

But being treated respectfully is.

In this day in age of electronic news traveling at the speed of light, lets see how long a company can treat employees like shit and continue to attract top notch recruits.

Yeah, being treated respectfully is a good thing, but with the economy in the crapper, lots of companies figure they can treat their employees like shit and work them like dogs, and get away with it because they've got them over a barrel...

Sadly, jobs aren't exactly growing on trees these days, and the old 2-way street of employer/employee loyalties is a thing of the past....

[Shamus]

Rich dot-com'er who loved cars, but doesn't know squat about managing people, let alone a car company. He was an idiot. He brought in Detroit people only when the company was against the ropes because of his own arrogance.... And to be so tactless in method when letting workers go....

:jo

Well, the only good news is that "he" lost a ton of money.... The auto industry will see a LOT more layoffs in the near future because of this shared mindset among the big guys,,, that of "fixing" instead of "innovating". Day late, billion dollars short...

[Drew68]

Articles such as this one have convinced me that I made the right decision re-enlisting in the navy. Regardless of who the next president is and regardless of where the economy goes, we're still going to need a navy and the navy is always going to need ordnancemen.

I'll never get rich in the military but the pay is pretty good and the benefits are excellent. The best part is I can go to work each morning fully confident in the fact that as long as I don't do something stupid like smoke weed or rack up a bunch of DUIs, I'll always have a job.

I have friends in the civilian world with families and mortgages who go to work each morning wondering if there's a layoff email in their in-box. They leave work each day wondering if they'll have a job the next and they bring this uncertainty home with them. Job insecurity is a great stress that I'm fortunate not to have.

[zekmoe]

I'd say anyone who works for an experimental electronic sports car company isn't working there for day to day pay, but for the long term hope that the car would pay off big, or the tech would be cutting edge cool. Not for long term benefits like a union car job.
Doesn't change the fact that any 100k car is nothing more than a toy for the rich and famous.

[Zilmo]

Yeah, I hate the rich and famous too.

[dets1]

is this company a product of nikola tesla? if it is, he'll rise from the grave and blow 'em back to siberia!!! pretty cowardly act.

[dets1]

is this company a product of nikola tesla? if it is, he'll rise from the grave and blow 'em back to siberia!!! pretty cowardly act.
please excuse my terminology. when reading it back, i caught the double meaning. i hope we're all adult enough to keep our minds on what i REALLY meant. (but i'm not counting on it)

[XKnight]

But being treated respectfully is.

In this day in age of electronic news traveling at the speed of light, lets see how long a company can treat employees like shit and continue to attract top notch recruits.

I'm pretty sure the company is going under faster than a freight train so attracting top notch employees probably isn't at the top of their list.

Unfortunately, being treated respectfully is not a right either. Just a common courtesy that some humans extend to others.

[lcjc800]

probably the greedy unions fault:jo

[NavyAsh]

Articles such as this one have convinced me that I made the right decision re-enlisting in the navy. Regardless of who the next president is and regardless of where the economy goes, we're still going to need a navy and the navy is always going to need ordnancemen.

I'll never get rich in the military but the pay is pretty good and the benefits are excellent. The best part is I can go to work each morning fully confident in the fact that as long as I don't do something stupid like smoke weed or rack up a bunch of DUIs, I'll always have a job.

I have friends in the civilian world with families and mortgages who go to work each morning wondering if there's a layoff email in their in-box. They leave work each day wondering if they'll have a job the next and they bring this uncertainty home with them. Job insecurity is a great stress that I'm fortunate not to have.

I agree that the Navy offers some good benefits-- esp. in terms of education and career development. I am actually doing some work with them right now, and they launched a new site recently. If you haven't checked it out yet, its www.mynavymyfuture.com (http://www.mynavymyfuture.com).

When did you decide to re-enlist?