Tesla purportedly sent out an email informing its employees at its Fremont, California factory that it was shutting down its Model S and Model X production lines for 18 days beginning on Dec. 24.
On the same day that Tesla CEO Elon Musk told his employees that they needed to increase production “as much as possible” for the remainder of the year, the company purportedly sent out an email informing its employees at its Fremont, California factory that it was shutting down its Model S and Model X production lines for 18 days beginning on Dec.24. Talk about mixed signals. According to a CNBC report published Saturday, Tesla offered the employees working those production lines a full week of pay and a few days of paid holiday time. Nonetheless, employees were asked to take five unplanned and unpaid days off, although an email reviewed by the outlet reportedly states that there will be “limited paid opportunities” for workers to support other parts of the factory. It must be said: We’re living through a pandemic, a time in which millions have had their pay cut or seen their hours reduced. Tesla itself slashed pay for salaried workers in the early months of the pandemic, from April through June, and placed some hourly workers on unpaid leave. Therefore, it would be understandable, although unfortunate, for production to be affected by the pandemic, if this is truly the case. Tesla, for some reason, didn’t acknowledge the reality of what we’re living through in its announcement to employees, per CNBC.
