A leaked recording of a training during Tesla’s week-long production shutdown outlines a serious morale problem.
Something strange happened at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas the week of Memorial Day.
The production lines at the plant went dark and the 20,000 folks responsible for running them—whether it be the ones putting the final touches on Tesla’s made-in-Texas Model Y or spit-shining panels on the Cybertruck—were told to take the week off if they had paid time off to burn. If not, it was time to come in and either scrub the floors or take some company culture training.
Production pauses do happen. Sometimes it’s due to upgrading lines, other times due to demand problems (and it might be a bit obvious which Tesla is facing right now). Tesla’s hasn’t said which, but a week is “unusually long” according to employees who spoke with Business Insider.
“Leadership has kind of another level of responsibility for trying to guide and direct that culture,” the instructor reportedly told attendees. “But at the end of the day, it’s us as the people on the ground that are the reflection of the culture.”
“Sure, we’ve had a history of sexual and racial discrimination of our workers by other workers, but if you are a woman or a person of color thats no reason to have low morale. Yes, our CEO did back-to-back Nazi salutes on live television while he had abandoned his responsibilities here at the company. Why is that a reason to feel down? Okay, so our company brand is a social pariah at home with regular weekly protests at our stores and people burning the cars you make. Also around the globe largely because our CEO has been invading the privacy of all Americans through the power of government and pushing far right political ideology in other nations and here. Is that a reason to let it affect your work? No. Workers, this is all your fault and its time you changed your attitude.” - Tesla corporate instructors probably
“Our executives make several times more than you, constantly work against your interests, and now can’t be bothered to do what should be an important part of their jobs. You dipshits need to take responsibility for improving your own lousy attitudes.”
LOL I would think their boss being a Nazi and a piece of human shit would effect Morale a bit.
Also, imagine you are on a first date. You ask them about what they do for work. And their answer is the 2025 version of 1942 Volkswagen
The leadership are responsible for the culture of a company, this includes the morale, any change can only, and must come from the top.
You’re not wrong, but unions can be a powerfully persuasive force.
Absolutely, they definitely contributes to the culture and morale at a place of work, but they can only do so much.
If you keep hurting rich fucks where it hurts, eventually they cave.
And for them, hurting them in the wallet is where it hurts the most.
Unions are incredibly persuasive… but yeah. It won’t change until management changes it. (Or is changed heh.)
I am no longer sure that is where it hurts the most, for these mega rich dickheads you gotta go after their ego.
I don’t mind having some wealthy people in the world, what I do mind is them ruining shit for others.
If Elon decided to just buy an island and retreat from the world at large (which will never happen), I wouldn’t give a shit if he kept all the money he made, he would at least stop making the world a worse place for as many people.
Same goes for Trump, Bezos, Zuckerberg or any other person with insane levels of wealth.
They can keep all of it, just go away and stop making other people miserable.
At this point, that would be enough.
If they absolutely could not stop working, then they should only be allowed to work on how to actually get rid of the great garbage patch and micro plastics in the sea in general.
They have the resources and contacts to make shit happen.
The beatings will stop when morale improves?
“The beatings will continue until morale improves”
Has Tesla not gone bankrupt yet?
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Oh, okay.
