Things are looking up!

[TeeEmCee]

Most issues solved, QA no longer needed!

'How do they expect to run without us?' Tesla accused of axing key staff to cut costs

"... He was laid off recently along with his entire department in quality control, many of whom were also long-time employees ..."

 

[Jedi2155]

I hope to God that very thing was not happening (laying off based on experienced) and hope this is just a one off thing. According to the recent earnings call they're going to focus more on service...so we'll see....

 

[pipestem]

That's a painful read. everyone should see it.

 

[TeeEmCee]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but it sounds like forming a union would be in order.

 

[brkaus]

The other way to look at it - perhaps current quality control should be axed... Based on the current quality control.

I heard the same thing at my last company... always discriminatory lay offs. But, no, it was usually the lazy or stupid.

 

[Garlan Garner]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but it sounds like forming a union would be in order.

OMG....NOOOOOOOOoooo

What in the world would a union fix?

 

[TeeEmCee]

The other way to look at it - perhaps current quality control should be axed... Based on the current quality control.

I heard the same thing at my last company... always discriminatory lay offs. But, no, it was usually the lazy or stupid.

Well, QC has definitely not been stellar but I don't know how well they could have done given the production chaos. Either way, are any new hires going to be performing any better? Probably not.

 

[TeeEmCee]

OMG....NOOOOOOOOoooo

What in the world would a union fix?

Things like not getting shafted because of your pay grade despite your performance.

 

[ba2002]

Article obviously a fabrication - everyone knows there were never QC staff at Tesla, much less an entire department!

 

[Garlan Garner]

Things like not getting shafted because of your pay grade despite your performance.

Unions in my opinion have forced companies to keep lazy people. I know this first hand.

 

[Beckler]

I interpret this as Tesla still being in a precarious position. In which case it's either measures like this or the company goes under. Which option is better?

 

[Garlan Garner]

Article obviously a fabrication - everyone knows there were never QC staff at Tesla, much less an entire department!

I saw them with my own eyes.....so that's absolutely not true.

 

[ba2002]

I saw them with my own eyes.....so that's absolutely not true.

I can't tell if you're playing along or you really didn't understand it was a joke.

 

[Garlan Garner]

WOW....this thread is booming.

Has TMC been on a diet of good news? I suppose bad news was starving.

Can we all please read the title of this thread?

 

[TeeEmCee]

I interpret this as Tesla still being in a precarious position. In which case it's either measures like this or the company goes under. Which option is better?

Agree with the do or die aspect when it comes to overall headcount. However, the lay off by seniority aspect, especially in an area like QC, should have a pretty negative outcome. It might work for digging ditches and such, but otherwise I have not come across any business where more but less qualified employees did better than fewer seasoned ones.

 

[Beckler]

Agree with the do or die aspect when it comes to overall headcount. However, the lay off by seniority aspect, especially in an area like QC, should have a pretty negative outcome. It might work for digging ditches and such, but otherwise I have not come across any business where more but less qualified employees did better than fewer seasoned ones.

Fair point, but then quality control sounds more like ditch digging than rocket science. Quality control at SpaceX, that would be different...

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

"He said: “My last repair on Friday was finding a rear fascia was missing a screw so if you pulled on it, it would pop out. I grabbed a drill, the screw, got down on my knees and made the repair myself. No one would have known about it unless they tugged on the edges of the rear fascia like I had made it a habit to do."

If it was my company I'd be frustrated if an employee fixed a problem (outside of his specific assembly task) without informing others of the need to fix it.

Sure I understand that things get chaotic and sometimes it's much easier to fix it then report it, but that's how things never get fixed.

That's how I ended up at delivery with a Model 3 with a front bumper that wasn't aligned. It was off by around 4-5mm and that's really noticeable. So that cost Tesla money to fix.

The lack of QC is costing Tesla more more money than having QC.

 

[boiler81]

If Tesla was a union shop, like the major aerospace manufacturer I worked for, A Quality Assurance inspector would not be allowed to pick up production tools, let alone make a repair of another union worker's job code.