Elon Musk to build 100's of homes in Austin Texas for employees.

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  1. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    I'm in the group of people that have ZERO CONCERN for his longevity and products.
    :);):cool::p:rolleyes:
     
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  3. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    Elon does things FOR his Employees/Workers??

    Henry ford had workers living in ford housing.
    Ford also REQUIRED specifications or adios.
    His group of Enforcers regulated the Workers through Intimidation & Violence.

    Elonoquin Muskybits has the same possibilities.
    Pay the workers a small stipend and work them to death.
    Have them believe they're "getting ahead", then cut them off unless they kowtow to demands and requirements, which may make no difference.
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    To Thine Self Be True!
     
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  5. Chinatown

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    Musk pickup truck is stilll undergoing research and engineering upgrades.
    Orders are backed up until 2027. Order one today and probably can't get it until 2027.
     
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    Perhaps what else is he meant to do. Obviously has big plans and to do that he needs space. The space is usually not near population so how does a work force arrive. You'd hope though he is on the fairer side rather than tyrant.

    Think he also has far more plans than patience, and starting to go in too many directions. His will to push boundaries or be sensational may be his leveller, as he stretches himself too far before detailing or completing what he has started.

    There are a few basics with his affordable car that are deal breakers for me. Nothing to do range, just failings that much cheaper fossil fuel cars do as standard. Tesla's reluctance to respond, even acknowledge basic feedback is starting to resinate a fail with me.

    Henry Ford may have brought the first mass produced car to the market, as Elon brings an EV, but once you have owned a ford do you by a second one?
    I think once the market catches up Elon may not be as great as his publicity makes him to be.
     
  7. RockinChair

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    $20 per hour is not a small stipend, and it's quite a bit more than what most other jobs those people could get are paying. And working 12-hour shifts on a 4/3/3/4 schedule (that apparently doesn't even rotate between days and nights) is far from working them to death.

    I would have killed for a job like that back when I lived in the Austin area.
     
  8. newbietrucker91

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    Had my phone in my pocket lol apparently I forgot to make sure it was off before putting it back and I typed a cryptic msg with my rear end. :p

    On the notion of the job ita actual pretty good compared to other jobs in the area. A lot of manufacturing jobs start at around $10 with the Toyota plant in San Antonio or the Caterpillar plant in Seguin paying more than that to start.

    The staffing agency is actual just the hiring agency. Job is actual a direct hire position and they are simply to weed the applicants before sending them to the final processing at Tesla.

    Main issues people have is no one wants to work anymore. I've done 12 hour days at Amazon and they actually time you when you leave your station for anything. If you fall behind hourly quota you can be written up.

    Tesla seems to operate the same. Other than on set breaks you can't leave your station other wise the line stops.

    Don't know if they operate like caterpillar where each vehicle stops at a station till everything done or like Toyota where line keeps on moving at a set pace and workers work with the movement.
     
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    Henry Ford also took any prospective manager to dinner for an interview. If the potential mgr seasoned his food before he tasted it, he wouldn't hire him.
    The reason?
    He made a decision before he knew all the facts.

    I like that......
     
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  10. Chinatown

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    Another one, can't remember his name, cut the front legs of the chair, shortened them. He wanted to know what the job applicant would do. If he just sat there trying to keep from sliding forward, he wouldn't hire him. He hired the ones that either switched the chairs or asked to switch the chairs.
     
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