How much was the SuperCharger team worth?

[MontyFloyd]

The question is more rightfully, was it helpfull. That question is deceptively very superficial. There's way more going on than the most complete post hypothetical speculator can speculate on. Nobody here on TMC knows the inner workings at Tesla, only time and history can say if decisions made at Tesla were the very best.

There was a number of 1st and 2nd hand sources coming out and posted in news, comments, and YT videos about this firing/closure so while not complete it was a better picture than usually.

Yes, things were cut off. But lots of things have been turned back on and people rehired.

You may be right when you say that the one person only should be fired. But when you fire the team, you definitely get your point across to the remainder of the company. And that can be text-book management.

I suspect that there were multiple layers of management balking. And I suspect that in many cases they should have balked, but along the same line, they evidently weren't well communicating their needs.
But most everyone in management knows that when it comes down to a reduction in force (RIF), it's kill or be killed. A RIF doesn't have anything to do with how good or bad you are, it's just cut the numbers. It's a really crappy move that essentially every large organization makes every few years.

Fully agree with this. RIF is inevitable, but minimizing disruptions is important. It is stupid for a company in trouble to lay off critical members that result in more business looses.

I worked for a massive corporation that needed RIF, and they gave us 2 months warning and time to wrap up projects and clean desks. My team was even let go 2 weeks early but by then what was left was minimal, passed on with no stress to anyone. This was an ideal RIF, even more hurried ones (short of bankruptcy) can be smoothly executed.

 

[ewoodrick]

There was a number of 1st and 2nd hand sources coming out and posted in news, comments, and YT videos about this firing/closure so while not complete it was a better picture than usually.



Fully agree with this. RIF is inevitable, but minimizing disruptions is important. It is stupid for a company in trouble to lay off critical members that result in more business looses.

I worked for a massive corporation that needed RIF, and they gave us 2 months warning and time to wrap up projects and clean desks. My team was even let go 2 weeks early but by then what was left was minimal, passed on with no stress to anyone. This was an ideal RIF, even more hurried ones (short of bankruptcy) can be smoothly executed.

A RIF that is known ahead of time and people allowed to work is EXTREMELY rare.

Most companies, and rightly so, have to spring it on the employees. Too many employees tend to get upset and some do bad things. It's too much liability for an organization to accept.

These days, accounts are disable and people are walked nearly immediately.

 

[MontyFloyd]

A RIF that is known ahead of time and people allowed to work is EXTREMELY rare.

Incorrect.
Companies announce RIF all the time, recently Walgreens announced "significant store closings", in past it was ToysRUS, CVS, BedBathBeyond, and so on.

Most companies, and rightly so, have to spring it on the employees. Too many employees tend to get upset and some do bad things. It's too much liability for an organization to accept.

These days, accounts are disable and people are walked nearly immediately.

Not the case for a RIF (with a very few if any exceptions.)
Those who do bad things will do so after they are no longer an employee, not as a RIF is happening (never heard of one, not mean did not happen)
Now an individual that is causing trouble that leads up to a firing is a different matter, and those are the ones most likely to violently retaliate (you know, "go postal").

I would add with todays social media an employee causing trouble in a RIF can have a warnings available for other companies to look at. While good employees can get praise in company and encouragement to other companies to hire them. Some companies also do have programs to help getting new jobs or even continuing education.

IMHO an announced RIF will be better for all involved, including companies that do business with RIF company.

 

[zoomer0056]

Not the case for a RIF (with a very few if any exceptions.)

I disagree as I can directly relate. It was a tech company. We were a very successful startup company making disk drives. They spoiled us with stock gifts, great bonuses. We were bleeding edge. We trained a bunch of people from Thailand. We learned a month later why we trained them. No warning, came in to work Monday morning, an hour later we were all laid off and escorted by police (newly hired security) off the premises.

You may say it's the exception, but I think you really don't know.