Blog Tesla Promotes Miller to Head of Production

Tesla has appointed Richard Miller as head of production at the the company’s Fremont, Calif. factory, according to a report from TechCrunch.

Miller was previously the director of paint operations.

The report cited an internal email sent to employees Monday. Miller replaces Jatinder Dhillon, who left the company in March, according to a CNBC report. Dhillon worked for Tesla for more than 7 years and most recently led Model 3 production in Fremont, according to his LinkedIn profile.

“Due to excellent performance as head of paint operations in Fremont, Richard Miller is hereby promoted to overall head of Fremont Production. Congratulations!” the email said.

Tesla’s Fremont factory was closed on March 23 due to health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but started production efforts again on Monday.

 

[frnkblk]

Except paint quality hasn't been that great?

 

[cypho]

Except paint quality hasn't been that great?

Overall quality may get worse, but the paint quality will probably improve with somebody else taking its place in the paint department.

 

[P&J-W]

Actually my paint was great... not all the noise is correct.

 

[dogphlap]

“Due to excellent performance as head of paint operations in Fremont, Richard Miller is hereby promoted to overall head of Fremont Production. Congratulations!” the email said.
"The paint is full of dirt, I don't know why its got that orange peel...Mr Musk really needs to do something about that", part of a quote from Sandy Munro on Sean Mitchell's channel of the 6th of May 2020. If Mr Musk thinks Mr Miller has done an excellent job as head of paint operations I guess he values throughput way above quality.

 

[TechOps]

Due to excellent performance as head of paint operations

Say what?

 

[tonyb99]

Probably the worst feature of a Tesla (apart from QC) and he gets promoted? Sounds like he cut corners and made fans of the accountants but not the customers.