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To report this story, Reuters contacted more than 300 former Tesla employees who had worked at the company over the past nine years and were involved in developing its self-driving system. The company requires car owners to grant permission on the cars’ touchscreens before Tesla collects their vehicles’ data. Reuters found that Tesla employees shared clips that captured sensitive and embarrassing personal moments. Tesla’s own data labelers initially worked in the San Francisco Bay area, including the office in San Mateo. According to several ex-employees, some labelers shared screenshots, sometimes marked up using Adobe Photoshop, in private group chats on Mattermost, Tesla’s internal messaging system.

The trial involved Owen Diaz, a former elevator operator at the Fremont plant who said he was subjected to harassment including racial slurs and racist caricatures. Diaz won a $137 million verdict at a previous trial in 2021, but a federal judge lowered the jury's award to $15 million while agreeing that Tesla was liable. What stands out is the consistency of the claims alleging rampant harassment of Black workers at Tesla's plant in Fremont. Tesla is also fighting a spate of sexual harassment lawsuits by female workers at the Fremont plant and another factory near Los Angeles. In another pending case, a former production manager claims he was fired for raising concerns about safety issues at the Fremont plant and a factory in Nevada.

☆ Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff at 2:30 a.m. telling them the 'office is not optional,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff Wednesday about remote working, Platformer's Zoë Schiffer tweeted. The Twitter owner told them in an email sent at 2:30 a.m. that the "office is not optional." Musk noted in the email that the office in San Francisco was half empty Tuesday, Schiffer tweeted. Platformer managing editor Zoë Schiffer tweeted: "Elon Musk sent Twitter employees an email at 2:30am saying the 'office is not optional.'" In May 2022 he told Tesla staff to return to the office full-time, or find jobs elsewhere.

☆ Jeff Bezos' girlfriend said he gave her a 'master class' in management and running meetings: 'You're the boss. You talk last.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lauren Sánchez says Jeff Bezos gives her a "master class" in management and meetings every day. Sánchez told The Wall Street Journal his best advice was to let others speak first. Sánchez said that the best business advice Bezos has given her was to avoid talking too soon in meetings. You let everyone else talk so that they don't get swayed by your opinion,'" Sánchez told the publication. Bezos' business advice echoes the sentiments of experts.

☆ Tesla owners in China protest against abrupt price cuts they missed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

After Friday’s surprise discounts, Tesla’s EV prices in China are now between 13% and 24% below their September levels. A Tesla sign is seen at its factory in Shanghai, China, May 13, 2021. ‘Return the money’Other videos appearing to be of Tesla owners protesting were also posted to Chinese social media platforms on Saturday. Tesla does not plan to compensate buyers who took delivery before the most recent price cut, a spokesman for Tesla China told Reuters on Saturday. Analysts have been positive about the potential for Tesla’s price cuts to drive sales growth at a time when it is a year from announcing its next new vehicle, the Cybertruck.

☆ Tesla owners in China protest against surprise price cuts they missed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] People protest at a Tesla showroom in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, released January 6, 2023 in this picture obtained by Reuters from social media. After Friday's surprise discounts, Tesla's EV prices in China are now between 13% and 24% below their September levels. 'RETURN THE MONEY'Other videos appearing to be of Tesla owners protesting were also posted to Chinese social media platforms on Saturday. Tesla does not plan to compensate buyers who took delivery before the most recent price cut, a spokesman for Tesla China told Reuters on Saturday. Analysts have been positive about the potential for Tesla's price cuts to drive sales growth at a time when it is a year from announcing its next new vehicle, the Cybertruck.

☆ Tesla reports 1.31 million deliveries in 2022, growth of 40% over last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla just published its fourth-quarter vehicle production and delivery report for 2022. Total deliveries Q4 2022: 405,278Total production Q4 2022: 439,701Total annual deliveries 2022: 1.31 millionTotal annual production 2022: 1.37 millionDeliveries are the closest approximation of sales disclosed by Tesla. These numbers represented a new record for the Elon Musk-led automaker and growth of 40% in deliveries year-over-year. In its third-quarter shareholder presentation, Tesla wrote: "Over a multi-year horizon we expect to achieve 50% average annual growth in vehicle deliveries. Shares of Tesla started to rise again in the final days of December 2022, in anticipation of record fourth-quarter and full-year deliveries.

☆ Musk to Tesla staff: Don't be too bothered by stock market craziness
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMusk to Tesla staff: Don't be too bothered by stock market crazinessCNBC's Lora Kolodny reports on Elon Musk's recent note to staff at Tesla.

☆ Read the internal Tesla employee survey from 2018, where employees called Elon Musk an 'unapproachable tyrant' who fires people 'because of his ego'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tesla employees complained about Elon Musk's leadership and culture in a 2018 survey obtained by Insider. The survey flagged compensation, "Elon and exec team," and "care about the company's employees" as high risk areas. In her email, Toledano identified two key issues employees said they were facing: concerns over compensation and concerns about leadership at Tesla, particularly around Elon Musk. A screenshot from Tesla's 2018 employee survey, showing favorability responses from Tesla professionals, managers, executives, and directors. Read the full survey:Do you work at Tesla or for Elon Musk?

☆ Elon Musk has been preaching the value of 'hardcore' work to employees for over a decade, early Tesla emails show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk is mirroring his Tesla management style at Twitter. The CEO has told Tesla employees to "go super hardcore" and "ultra hardcore" in the past. Last week, the billionaire gave Twitter employees an ultimatum: commit to working "extremely hardcore" or resign. While the note spurred a mass exodus of Twitter staffers, it was a move that is all too familiar to Tesla employees. Musk's more utilitarian leadership style style represents a sharp departure from that of Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal.

☆ Elon Musk says 50 Tesla software engineers brought in to review Twitter's code had volunteered for the job
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk told a court that 50 Tesla engineers working at Twitter weren't "Tesla assets." He said that's because the Tesla staff had volunteered to work at the company after-hours. Musk was testifying over a shareholder lawsuit which says his $55 billion pay package was excessive. When questioned if it was a good idea to use Tesla resources at Twitter, Musk said he "didn't think of this as using Tesla assets." Musk — who is the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, and is acting as CEO at Twitter — was in court over a Tesla shareholder lawsuit.

Elon Musk has leveraged his diverse business empire in his first week owning Twitter Inc., blurring the line between the newly private social-media company and Tesla Inc., the electric-car maker he also runs. Tesla engineers were among the first outsiders to begin working on reshaping Twitter after Mr. Musk completed his $44 billion takeover a week ago, part of at least dozens of people added to an internal company directory, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The list included some people who appear to work for the Boring Co., a tunneling business Mr. Musk founded.

☆ Tesla's gigafactory is reportedly warning employees about smoke exposure amid the Mosquito Fire and changing air filters, but work continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla sent a memo to workers at its Nevada gigafactory regarding the Mosquito Fire, CNBC reports. But, smoke has filled Nevada towns, including Sparks, Nevada — the location of the Tesla gigafactory that employs thousands of workers. On Thursday and Friday, air quality in the area was rated between "unhealthy" to "very unhealthy." On Wednesday, public school officials closed several campuses in Reno and Sparks, Nevada over the hazardous air quality. But, Tesla workers at the Nevada gigafactory might not have a choice when it comes to remote work options.

☆ Tesla's 10% staff cuts have kicked off, with ex-employees confirming on LinkedIn that they've been laid off
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-15 | by ( Isobel Asher Hamilton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Job cuts appear to have started, with Tesla staffers saying on LinkedIn that they've been laid off. The Tesla staffers posting on LinkedIn come from various departments across the company. On Wednesday morning, Insider found 11 LinkedIn posts from Tesla employees who said they'd been laid off as part of the cut. After saying the company would cut 10% of salaried staff, Musk confusingly said its total head count would increase, and that salaried staff would be "fairly flat." He also instituted a new policy that mandates Tesla staff return to the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week.

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☆ Elon Musk reportedly issued an ultimatum to Tesla staff: return to the office or quit
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk reportedly told Tesla's executive staff to return to the office or resign. Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Tesla's executive staff on Tuesday, calling for the workers to come into the office and stop "phoning it in" or quit, according to reports. Musk reportedly said in one of the emails that if staff continue to work remotely, he will assume that they have resigned. Musk titled his first email "remote work is no longer acceptble (sic)" and appeared to address it only to a listserv for executive staff, according to Electrek. "The more senior your are, the more visible must be your presence," Musk wrote, according to Electrek.

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