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dustyData ,

On actually developed countries there are laws that force employers to wait a year before they re-hire laid off employees. They can re-hire early but they have to pay a lot of money to the employee and an additional labor tariff in taxes. Precisely to avoid this kind of fuckery.

weew ,

They should just start their own Supercharger company... With blackjack and hookers

Etterra ,

I suspect that somebody's smart, with a lot of money and not a lot of scruples (not that it's a factor here, I just hate rich people) is going to scoop them all up and either try to replace the standard, or if Elon is lucky, license it and leave the standard alone. Elon's not that smart though so he probably wouldn't agree to it.

ExperiencedWinter ,

They wouldn't even need to license it, part of getting the other car manufacturers to switch to NACS was establishing it as an open standard.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Charging_Standard

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Just when you thought this couldn't get any more stupid.

modifier ,

(At the time of the layoffs, Electrek reported that Musk got rid of the entire team because its Tinucci did not lay off enough workers on her own.)

This single anecdote tells you just about everything you need to know about how Elon Musk approaches any kind of interpersonal interaction. His emotional IQ is non-existent.

Honytawk ,

Were they trying to start a union or something?

MyOpinion ,
@MyOpinion@lemm.ee avatar

This is just getting stupid now. It seems Elon has totally lost his mind.

Fedizen ,

he's the 'ceo' of like 6 companies. Its clear he's spending all his time giving neonazis handjobs on xitter

FalseMyrmidon ,

Should just start referring to them as part time jobs. How much work can they be if he's supposedly doing multiple at once?

thescoutisaspy ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f8578907-761d-4c38-9331-4dcee568e060.jpeg

Dexx1s ,

What are the job titles of the people on these teams? I would suppose physics and CS. How are those job sectors looking in terms of vacancies? I'd think that there are more workers than jobs and that this is a ploy to get less experienced people for cheaper but they're trying to rehire the same employees.

jaybone ,

Are these really CS and physics jobs?

credo ,

Wrong button, oops. Lol

rapechildren ,

https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=-HkErc-xfRK

ocassionallyaduck ,

Go back with a decent pay bump (obviously he needs them) and with a plan to bolt ASAP. Continue your job search while you collect a higher temporary salary.

Terrible move from Elon as it shows he has no negotiating power.

KairuByte ,
@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I’d only do this if I was desperate. The company already showed they are willing to just pull the trigger at the drop of a hat and don’t give a fuck, even if I was still looking I’d be waiting for the other shoe to drop.

ocassionallyaduck ,

Oh yea, but you're already mentally out the door. You take extra cash and you just collect "easy money" while you shop around the resume or get you big moving plans finished up.

WhatAmLemmy ,

You could even take the job and see how hard you can half-ass it (extra points of you do literally no work) before they fire you again.

eronth ,

I'd go back if the pay bump was enough to cover anxiety about job uncertainty

whereisk ,

"This is the single greatest talent acquisition opportunity since I founded EnviroSpark. Tesla had been able to scale their charging infrastructure due in no small part to the talented employees on the Supercharger team."

Half of them likely already have another job.

postmateDumbass ,

Considering it is only weeks after the government decided the entire EV industry has to use what the former employees created and ran...

ExperiencedWinter ,

What do you mean? The US is switching to NACS which is a standardized plug, Tesla superchargers will not be the only charging network to use it.

cedarmesa ,
@cedarmesa@lemmy.world avatar

This is a sociopath testing fealty. He is deliberately abusing people in an attempt to show his power and diminish theirs. Remember when he tried to blame his sociopathy on autism thereby besmirching the disabled? I do.

nbailey ,
@nbailey@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s crazy how the US gov basically handed him a monopoly on EV charging infrastructure, something Rockefeller could have only dreamed of, and the guy throws it away less than two weeks later in some ketamine fuelled stupor. Then has to backtrack at the cost of reputation, confidence, and sentiment. Truly another great stable genius.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

He is a textbook example of Fail Upwards.

Wiz ,

It helps if you start with a bunch of slavery money.

Bookmeat ,

Double salary. Work from home. EZ.

tsonfeir ,
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

For less probably.

applepie ,

Why would anyone go back for less?

tsonfeir ,
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

It’s a common practice for companies to lay off high priced employees and then post those jobs for a lower amount. Why would they go back? If they’re smart they won’t. But some people need a job—at least until they can find another job.

It’s a bad practice either way, because these employees won’t ever feel their job is secure again, and that makes them care less about how the company does… as it should.

applepie ,

Did they not get severance?

I highly doubt these are generic wage slaves, I am would assume they can get jobs else where?

If they can't negotiate a fat raise under these circumstances, I am not really sure these people can negotiate at all lol

tsonfeir ,
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

You’d be surprised how many people lack negotiation skills. They think whatever is offered is what they get. I’ve coached many coworkers on how to play hardball with a smile.

applepie ,

chad... good. plebs helping plebs fuck daddy :D

tsonfeir ,
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

Damn right. I love my company, but we have the money to pay well. I don’t want anyone working with me who feels like they are underpaid. We moved offices and it became a much longer commute for one of our juniors. I kept harassing my manger to give him a bump for the effort. He wouldn’t have taken the job with that commute, so we had to sweeten it for him. My manager said “his review is 6 months away” and I said “it’s not a raise, it’s for the inconvenience to his life.” Got him 10%—and got none of the credit, haha. But that’s okay, I feel good.

andyburke ,
@andyburke@fedia.io avatar

My brother in business, I see you.

Once had to ask why the only woman our team was making significantly less. Got a shrug back from the HR director, a woman. I couldn't believe that I had to fight her to bring compensation in line.

It's not JUST the billionaires that are the problem. It's really all the people that need to feel they're somehow above others.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

It blew me away when I met these people. These real "keep your head down" folks.

When my company laid people off, and then did the shitty thing of rehire them back at a freelancing level, one gal cried tears of happiness that she was given another chance.

I just dont understand it. Like going back to your abuser.

jj4211 ,

Depends on their prospects.

For example right this moment, if my employer pulled this on me with a 10% pay cut, it's probably still better than my prospects in the open market at this moment. I would normally have a pretty strong network of connections, but at the moment they are all in hiring freezes, so I'd probably have to take a huge pay cut to find a job.

But you would be sure I'd be heavily watching my chances and leave as soon as I had a competitive offer on the table.

Rentlar ,

Announce large workforce cuts: line go up?

Announce large investment in workforce (even if it was just cut): line go up more?

I don't really get the logic that's going on the impulsive billionaire imbecile's mind.

Everyone being rehired to Tesla had better be asking for at least double for the trouble Musk put them through.

dogslayeggs ,

Someone probably reminded Elon of the giant government grant he took to expand the supercharger network and that he could make the company liable for losing all that money.

MajorHavoc ,

Yeah. I suspect they let him know he could have honest to goodness consequences for his actions.

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