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☆ Tesla wants you to know its robot can do yoga stretches now
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Tesla and its CEO shared a video of Tesla's Optimus robot practicing yoga and other tasks. Less than a year ago, the Tesla bot struggled to walk on stage at a demo event. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk shared a video of Tesla's Optimus robot performing yoga moves and sorting blocks on Sunday. The Tesla bot appeared to perform a yoga pose balanced on one leg in the video. Less than a year ago, the Optimus robot could barely walk during a demo at the second annual Tesla AI Day event.
Persons: Tesla, Optimus, —, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, Optimus
☆ Flexport CEO says he's rescinding job offer letters for candidates joining as soon as Monday: 'I have no ideas why more than 75 people were signed to join'
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen announced on X that the company was rescinding dozens of job offers. The rescinded job offers come after Petersen reclaimed his role as CEO on Wednesday. On Wednesday, former Flexport CEO Dave Clark announced he was leaving the company less than a year after departing from his role as CEO of Amazon's consumer business to join Flexport. AdvertisementAdvertisement"It's clear that important changes are needed to sustain our growth and return to profitability," Petersen wrote. Petersen, Clark, and a spokesperson for Flexport did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Persons: Ryan Petersen, Petersen, Steve Jobs, Dave Clark, Clark, FreightWaves, Insider's Eugene Kim, Madeline Stone, he'd, Flexport Organizations: Service, Flexport, Flexport's, Wall Street Locations: Wall, Silicon
☆ Tesla is reportedly under investigation by the DOJ and SEC over its mysterious 'Project 42'
  + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Tesla is facing a federal probe over its mysterious "Project 42," The Wall Street Journal reported. The SEC is also investigating whether the project involved using company funds for CEO Elon Musk's personal benefit, the Journal said. The project is internally believed to involve building a glass house for Musk, the Journal previously reported. It can be illegal to use company funds for personal expenses — especially when dealing with a publicly traded company. It's not clear if the building project is still in the works, or whether the glass order was ever delivered, the Journal reported on Wednesday.
Persons: Tesla, Elon, Musk, Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, Afshar, It's Organizations: Street Journal, SEC, Morning, Elon, Wall Street, US, Office, Southern, of New, Bloomberg, The Securities, Exchange Commission Locations: of New York, Tesla's gigafactory, Austin , Texas, Texas
☆ Entry-level software engineers can earn over $170,000 a year at Meta and Google, new data shows. That beats out pay at Amazon and Apple.
  + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Entry-level software engineers can make over $170,000 in total compensation at Meta and Google, Blind found. Blind reported that Meta and Google have higher pay for entry-level engineers than Apple and Amazon do. AdvertisementAdvertisementEngineers fresh out of college could make over $170,000 at tech companies like Meta and Google, according to recent data from Blind. Glassdoor put the median total annual compensation for an entry-level software engineer at about $198,000 for Meta and about $202,000 for Google. Meanwhile, Glassdoor estimates the median total compensation for entry-level software engineers in the US across the industry is about $105,207.
Persons: Blind, Glassdoor, Meta Organizations: Meta, Google, Apple, Blind, Morning, Engineers, Microsoft, Big Tech
☆ Elon Musk's X is hit with 2,200 arbitration claims from former Twitter employees
  + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
X is facing more than 2,200 arbitration cases involving ex-employees, a new court filing said. Since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, the company also has been hit with lawsuits from former staff. X could be on the hook for at least $3.5 million in fees for the arbitration cases, CNBC reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's social media company formerly known as Twitter has been hit with more than 2,200 arbitration cases from former employees, according to a recent court filing. X, formerly known as Twitter, was hit with lawsuits from former employees after Musk cut the company's workforce in half.
Persons: Elon, It's, Elon Musk, Twitter, Shannon Liss, Riordan, Chris Woodfield, X, Tesla Organizations: Twitter, CNBC, Morning, X Locations: —, Delaware
☆ Listen to ex-Tesla workers describe Elon Musk's 'production hell' in their own words, from working through a raw sewage leak to sleeping on the factory floor
  + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Tesla workers described what it was like to work through "production hell" in a new podcast. The ex-Tesla workers told The Verge that they worked long hours and faced high pressure to deliver. Tesla workers shared their experience working at the automaker during Elon Musk's stretches of "hardcore" production in a recent podcast from The Verge. He also said he recalled a raw sewage leak that some Tesla workers were told to continue working through. At the time, a spokesperson for Tesla told Insider that the company was not aware of any instances in which managers told workers to walk through sewage.
Persons: Carlos Gabriel, Musk, Gabriel, he'd, Tesla, Huibert Mees, Denis Duran —, —, Duran, we've, Elon Musk, Mason Trinca, Melvin Berry, Elon, Berry, Mees Organizations: Morning, Giants, Tesla, Fremont, Washington Post, Apple, Bloomberg, Union, The Washington, Getty, Wired, Twitter, EV Locations: Elon Musk's
☆ A Tesla owner took his Model S camping on a 19-day road trip and slept in it nearly every night
  + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
David Craig said he took his Tesla Model S on a 19-day road trip and slept in it almost every night. The Tesla owner said Camp Mode made his trip much easier and stress-free. A Tesla road trip? David Craig has been on a number of bucket list road trips over the years, but he told Insider he found a new perk when he took his Tesla Model S on a 8,500-mile road trip — Camp Mode. "I always know what I'm getting into when I camp in my Tesla," Craig said.
Persons: David Craig, Craig, I've, Tesla, they've Organizations: Camp, EV, Kia EV Locations: Southern California, Arizona , Texas , Arkansas, Kentucky, Tesla, California, Colorado, Kansas
☆ That's one way to draw people back to the office: Google hotel reportedly touts $99 special to 'make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace'
  + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Google is offering staff a promotion to stay at its on-campus hotel for $99 a night, CNBC reported. The promotion said it would "make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace," CNBC reported. The Google promotion said it would "make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace," CNBC reported. Though, workers will be expected to pay for the hotel stay out-of-pocket as it will not be considered refundable business travel, the publication said. The promotion appears to be one of several steps Google has taken to bring more remote workers back into the office.
Persons: Ryan Lamont, Googlers, it's, pushback, Insider's Hugh Langley Organizations: Google, CNBC, Staff, Morning Locations: Francisco, Mountain View , California, San Francisco
☆ A Tesla owner says she made a 9-day rural road trip through a town without an EV charger by trickle charging from an outlet at an abandoned gas station
  + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Kathleen Goforth went on a 9-day road trip to the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. Kathleen Goforth said she took her Tesla Model Y on a 9-day road trip through a rural area and had to get creative at one point when it came to charging. "There are no services within or anywhere near the Monument – no food, water, gas stations, and, certainly, no EV charging stations. Earlier this year, another Tesla owner said he faced some "hiccups" on a 6,392-mile road trip but that he ultimately found the carmaker's Autopilot driver assist feature to be a "lifesaver." A Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV owner previously told Insider that successful EV road trips needed to be properly plotted out.
Persons: Kathleen Goforth, Goforth Organizations: Morning, Tesla, EV, Department of Transportation, Kia EV Locations: Carrizo, , California, San Luis Obispo County , California, California
☆ Well, this is weird: Photos show Tesla's Cybertruck is driving around disguised as a Ford F-150
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Tesla appears to be driving a Cybertruck disguised as an F-150, according to unverified photos. Elon Musk's biographer said Musk was inspired to build Cybertruck because Ford trucks are "boring." New images of Tesla's Cybertruck appear to show the carmaker has disguised one of its models as Ford's F-150 pickup truck. Up until recently, Ford has been one of few automakers to produce an EV pickup truck. Last year, Ford said it delivered over 13,000 electric F-150 trucks as the company worked to ramp up production and fulfill about 200,000 reservations.
Persons: Tesla, Sandy Munro, Elon Musk's, Musk, Munro, Brian Sullivan, Buddy, Sullivan, Dodge, Insider's Tim Levin, Elon Musk, Musk's, Walter Isaacson, CNBC's, Jim Farley, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Ford, Rivian Organizations: Auto, Ford, YouTube, YouTube CNBC, EV Locations: Palo Alto, Silicon
☆ Elon Musk decided to create the Cybertruck because he thought Ford's trucks were 'boring,' biographer says
  + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Elon Musk decided to green light the Cybertruck because Ford trucks were "boring," Walter Isaacson said. Musk tweeted on Monday that Ford's new EV truck was a "good vehicle, just somewhat expensive." Elon Musk apparently isn't a fan of Ford's traditional pickup trucks and his distaste for the vehicles spawned the Cybertruck, according to the billionaire's biographer, Walter Isaacson. "The use of stainless steel opened up new possibilities for the look of the truck," Isaacson writes. The EV pickup truck startup Rivian also has a jump on the market.
Persons: Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson, Musk, CNBC's, Tesla, He's, Franz von Holzhausen, Isaacson, We're, —, Jim Farley, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Farley, Ford, Rivian Organizations: Ford, Twitter, EV Locations: Ford, Texas, Silicon, America
☆ Look closely: Tesla workers appear to flash a hand signal for the Cybertruck
  + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Workers flashed a hand signal in a photo with Tesla's first Cybertruck built at its Austin factory. The photo shows several workers using their thumb and index finger to make an angular shape. Tesla workers appear to have created a hand signal in honor of the EV company's Cybertruck. Pictures of the workers' hand signals quickly took off on Reddit and in a Tesla Motors Club thread. Dozens of Tesla workers made the hand signal in a photo that was posted on the company's Twitter account.
Persons: Twitter Tesla, Elon Musk, Tesla, Franz von Holzhausen, Insider's Nora Naughton Organizations: company's, Tesla Motors, Twitter, Elon Locations: Austin, Austin , Texas, Texas
☆ A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000.
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Rivian owner said repairs cost $42,000 for his R1T after a fender bender, according to The New York Times. But, after the electric car was taken to a repair shop that was certified to work with Rivian products the cost jumped to $42,000, the publication said. The repair cost over half the starting price of the vehicle. Last year, a study from CCC Intelligent Solutions found that on average EV repairs cost more than repairs for gas-powered cars. Another report from Mitchell that was cited by the Times found that last year EV repairs cost about $2,400 more than fixes for traditional combustion-engine vehicles.
Persons: Chris Apfelstadt, he'd, Noe Mejia, it's, Mitchell, Alexa St, John, Insider's Nora Naughton Organizations: The New York Times, Times, New York Times, Intelligent Solutions, Tesla Locations: Columbus , Ohio, North America, Ohio
☆ Truth Behind Tech Industry's Fake Work Problem: Bad Managers, Bosses
  + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Hugh Langley | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +19 min
The tech employees spoke with us on the condition of anonymity to avoid professional reprisal. There's only one real culprit for the culture of "fake work," he said. The latest version of fake work emerged as part of the tech industry's pandemic-driven boom and bust. "I think COVID was an accelerator for fake work because a lot of these tech companies hired. As for Graham, he's since moved to another tech company, where he said he felt his contributions were more valued.
Persons: Graham, wouldn't, Keith Rabois, Rabois, Brit Levy, Scott Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Brent Peterson, Gaylan Nielson, Rich Moran, " Moran, Melina Mara, he'd, Moran, Anna Tavis, Stewart Butterfield, Bloomberg's, LINDSEY WASSON, it's, Salesforce, What's, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg, Brad Glasser, Meta, Greg Selker, Stanton Chase, Jessica Kennedy, Kennedy, NYU's Tavis, Hugh Langley, Grace Kay Organizations: Amazon, Alexa, Big Tech, Google, University of Massachusetts, Washington, Getty, Meta, Microsoft, overhiring, New York University's School, Professional Studies, Slack, Command, Bloomberg, Vanderbilt University, Companies Locations: New, Salesforce, he's
☆ Tesla is offering to pay people between $18 to $48 an hour to drive its EVs this summer
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Tesla posted a series of job openings for seasonal test drivers. The company is willing to pay between $18 to $48 per hour, according to one job posting. Tesla uses some of its test drivers to improve its self-driving features. Tesla uses some test drivers to improve is Autopilot driver-assist feature and beta Full Self-Driving software. The role pays between $18 to $48 per hour and includes benefits, according to the LinkedIn job posting for the Brooklyn role.
Persons: Tesla, John Bernal, Bernal Organizations: Tesla, EV, Reuters Locations: Austin , Texas, Denver , Colorado, Brooklyn , New York, Brooklyn, New York
☆ Tech workers are willing to give up on high salaries and take a pay cut amid mass layoffs, survey shows
  + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The majority of tech workers in a Blind survey said they'd accept equal or lower pay. Many of those surveyed attributed their willingness to accept lower pay to an uncertain job market. Tech workers have been questioning for months whether its the end of the era of $500,000+ pay. Mass layoffs appear to have spooked many tech workers into being willing to accept lower salaries, according to a new study. The platform attributed the higher impact on mid-level tech workers to an "oversupply of mid-level talent" in the market.
Persons: they'd, they're Organizations: Tech, Morning, Google, Blind, Seattle — Locations: San Francisco , New York City
☆ A lonely tech worker's post about being 'a lot happier' after returning to the office sparked a debate around if that's only for people without kids or a hard commute
  + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A tech worker's post sparked a debate on who benefits or is inconvenienced by returning to the office. Some workers said the return to in-person work helped them feel less isolated. Other workers pointed out that it's less ideal for workers with kids or long commutes. In the Blind post, the employee broke down his average day now that his company works in person, including a one-hour commute by train. A Microsoft employee added that returning to in-person work would be most ideal for people who lived in areas with high quality public transportation.
Persons: I've, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Microsoft, Street Journal
☆ 6 photos of Elon Musk's visit to China, from a 16-course dinner to meetings with Chinese officials
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Photos from the visit show Musk's private jet landing and the Tesla CEO's 16-course meal. Elon Musk touched down in China for the first time in three years on Tuesday — a key trip for the Tesla chief. Musk met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Musk is one of several US CEOs to visit China in recent months. Some analysts have hailed Musk's visit to China as a positive sign.
Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, Tingshu Wang, Ma, Jack Ma, Tom Zhu, Grace Tao, Qin Gang, Qin, he's, Zeng Yuqun, Fu Yan, Jin Zhuanglong, Tesla, CNBC's David Faber, Li Keqiang, Li Qiang, Dan Ives Organizations: Morning, Tesla, Twitter, REUTERS, Reuters, Tesla's, Beijing REUTERS, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Foreign, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amperex Technology, Weibo, Associated Press, Apple, Getty Locations: China, Beijing, Austin , Texas, Anchorage , Alaska, People's Republic of China, Shanghai
☆ Some tech workers spend only 4 hours a day on productive work: Blind poll
  + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Nearly 45% of tech workers in a Blind poll said they spend four hours or fewer on "focused work." Some high-paid tech workers say they're only spending a few hours a day doing "real work," according to a new poll on the anonymous job messaging site Blind. Last week, a tech worker asked thousands of their peers how much time they spend on "focused work" each day. While many workers said they had fewer than eight hours of productive work each day because of the mental strain, others blamed an overload of meetings. Earlier this year, C3.ai CEO Thomas Siebel said tech workers are "doing nothing working from home."
☆ A YouTuber ditched his Tesla for a Mercedes EQS. It came down to quality issues.
  + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Austin Evans said he decided to sell his Tesla Model Y over a variety of small build defects. Evans replaced the Tesla with a Mercedes EQS, which he said feels like a private jet. Tech YouTuber Austin Evans sold his family's 2021 Tesla Model Y because he was fed up with a myriad of quality concerns. In the video, Evans also provided a sneak peek at his new family car, a Mercedes EQS SUV. Evans is one of many Tesla owners to describe quality control issues with the EVs, including issues with panel alignment on the car, paint jobs, and leaks in the cabin.
☆ Gen Z isn't afraid of unemployment — and they don't trust their employers, Suzy Welch says. Her late husband Jack Welch slashed 112,000 jobs at GE.
  + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
NYU Stern professor Suzy Welch told CNBC that "funemployment" shows a shift in how Gen Z views work. Welch said in an interview with CNBC that Gen Z — those born from mid-1990s to early 2010s — isn't afraid of unemployment like previous generations. Welch told CNBC that while Gen Z isn't promoting joblessness by choice, their perspective on the issue has shifted "far away" from that of previous generations. They think: 'We're going to be together for as long as we're together, then I'm going to be funemployed, and then I'm going to move on to my next engagement.'" However, Gen Z has indicated they're more concerned about work-life balance and less willing to put up with a toxic work culture.
☆ Gen Z isn't afraid of unemployment — and they don't trust their employers, Suzy Welch says. Her late husband, Jack Welch, slashed 112,000 jobs at General Electric.
  + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The NYU Stern professor Suzy Welch told CNBC that "funemployment" showed a shift in how Gen Z work. Suzy Welch told CNBC that Gen Z, those born from the mid-1990s to early 2010s, wasn't afraid of unemployment like previous generations. Welch told CNBC that while Gen Z wasn't promoting joblessness by choice, their perspective on the issue had shifted "far away" from previous generations. They think: 'We're going to be together for as long as we're together, then I'm going to be funemployed, and then I'm going to move on to my next engagement.'" However, Gen Z has indicated they're more concerned about work-life balance and less willing to put up with toxic work culture.
☆ 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary prefers his employees work from home — unlike Elon Musk
  + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Kevin O'Leary said he doesn't believe remote work is "morally wrong" and sees it as a cost-saver. "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary says he doesn't agree with Elon Musk when it comes to the debate on remote work — he actually prefers the employees at his 54 companies work from home. "You can't tell me this doesn't work," O'Leary said, during an interview with CNN on Thursday. Though, the investor said he could understand why Musk would be against remote work at businesses like Tesla and SpaceX. While tech workers have spoken out against Musk's comments on remote work, other tech companies have also taken similar steps to bring workers back to in-person work.
☆ Elon Musk's tirade about remote work being 'morally wrong' has tech workers up in arms, with some calling him a hypocrite
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Hundreds of tech workers on Blind debated Elon Musk's stance against remote work. Some tech workers called Musk a hypocrite and poked fun at his comments about the "laptop classes." The billionaire said on Tuesday that remote work is "morally wrong." Some tech workers aren't happy about Elon Musk's recent tirade on remote work and the so-called "laptop classes." Following his comments, many tech workers took to Blind to call Musk a hypocrite and poke fun at his billionaire status.
☆ Elon Musk says remote work is 'morally wrong' and people need to 'get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work from home bullshit'
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk said he sees remote work as "morally wrong" and the "laptop classes are living in la la land." The billionaire said remote workers need to "get off the goddamn moral high horse" in a CNBC interview. Musk told Tesla workers last year that they could work in the office fulltime or quit. The billionaire compared remote work to a "let them eat cake" scenario and said that he thinks the "laptop classes are living in la la land." Musk said that he thinks remote workers need to "get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work from home bullshit because they're asking everyone else to not work from home while they do."
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