Working in the Tesla factory sounds like hell
Tesla is doing everything different to a regular car company, and making a lot of friends along the way. Not negotiating on price and selling direct to consumers has given Tesla a reputation for being fair and friendly, and made traditional car companies look increasingly out of date.
But there’s one other big difference: Tesla’s workers aren’t unionized, and from time to time, rumors surface about bad working conditions in the company’s factories. A new report in the Guardian cites 15 former and current workers to paint a picture of a factory where everyone is stressed out, overworked, and potentially in real danger.
Jose Moran a worker for Tesla had this to say in his blog post about the company.
Most of my 5,000-plus coworkers work well over 40 hours a week, including excessive mandatory overtime. The hard, manual labor we put in to make Tesla successful is done at great risk to our bodies.
Preventable injuries happen often. In addition to long working hours, machinery is often not ergonomically compatible with our bodies. There is too much twisting and turning and extra physical movement to do jobs that could be simplified if workers’ input were welcomed. Add a shortage of manpower and a constant push to work faster to meet production goals, and injuries are bound to happen.
Elon Musk had this to say about the worker complaints.
“This is not some situation where, for example, we are just greedy capitalists who decided to skimp on safety in order to have more profits and dividends and that kind of thing. It’s just a question of how much money we lose. And how do we survive? How do we not die and have everyone lose their jobs.”
So basically he's stating because the company loses money they can't afford the better working conditions. Well I don't believe that shit because he has no incentive to become profitable when his companies has received an estimated 4.9 billion dollars in government subsides. Making about $100 or $200 million per year would probably do more harm than good right now because congress would see them making a profit and would probably pull future funding.
The worker suffer the most though when a company is just handed money without earning it. All the money quickly gets invested in new equipment and factories without studying the impact it will have on workers. A normal company in it's early stages would value its skilled employees more and would do a lot more to keep them happy. The article even talks about workers fainting on the job and smashing their faces into the floor. Now I'm not a big fan of unions because they are easily corruptible over time but if your fainting on the job because your overworked and understaffed than I think the workers should do something about it especially if it's been going on for far to long.
http://bgr.com/2017/05/18/tesla-gigafactory-union-jobs-elon-musk/
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
I am not trying to be overly critical, but the majority of people who are forced to work for a living have very little input in the working condition they are forced to indure. I've had to work in conditions that are illegal for animals to endure...And do things that if I did as a private individual would get me arrested!
I am not justifing it,just stating my observations...
The lie we all live is blatantly obvious...🤠
Namaste
Thanks, I appreciate the input.
thank you! I appreciate the chance to communicate,and share. working together we can change this world and make it better. no one should be forced to work or slave in to live...I wish we could all pursue are passion and live in peace, steem on !