Toxic Tesla

[detrius]

This was just released by several German news outlets:

Tesla wants to withhold wages of sick employees, according to a report
According to Handelsblatt, Tesla has sent threats to employees at its German factory who were on sick leave. Employees are being pressured to disclose their diagnoses.

In light of the high level of sickness at Tesla's German plant in Grünheide, the US automaker has announced that it will withhold wages from employees who have reported sick, according to a report in Handelsblatt . According to the report, employees at the Brandenburg factory were informed of the wage freeze via email.

March 14, 2025, 12:21 AM
Source: ZEIT ONLINE, spr

The US company also allegedly pressured its employees to disclose diagnoses and release treating physicians from their duty of confidentiality. The newspaper cites several emails of this kind that it has obtained. These are reportedly subject to "Doubts about the submitted certificates of incapacity for work."

"Tesla is widely questioning medical certificates, refusing to pay sick leave, and withholding wages," the newspaper quoted IG Metall district manager Dirk Schulze as saying. According to Handelsblatt , the company did not respond to the newspaper's inquiries.

Due to the high level of sickness, CEO Elon Musk wanted to personally assess the situation at the Brandenburg plant last year . At the time, the company made headlines for making unannounced home visits to employees who reported sick. Plant manager André Thierig said in September that these visits were nothing unusual.

Musk and Tesla have an image problem

The automaker is in crisis due, among other things, to Elon Musk's new role as an advisor to US President Donald Trump. The company's new car sales in Germany fell again significantly in February – despite a significant increase in the number of electric cars registered overall. According to data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 76.3 percent fewer new Teslas were registered than in the same month last year.

Tesla has been manufacturing electric cars in Grünheide, Brandenburg, for more than two years . According to the company, nearly 12,000 employees work there.

Grünheide: Tesla will laut Bericht Lohn krankgemeldeter Mitarbeiter einbehalten

Laut "Handelsblatt" hat Tesla an krankgeschriebene Mitarbeiter in seinem deutschen Werk Drohungen verschickt. Angestellte werden demnach gedrängt, Diagnosen offenzulegen.

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Sounds like a blatant violation of German labor rights, which aren't as nonchalant as in the USA.

That's how Walmart Germany committed suicide many years ago.

 

[detrius]

Can you imagine what all of this is doing to somebody with such a fragile ego like Ketamine Karen? Warms my heart

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Bonus points for placing that ad in the London Underground. Public transportation is Musk's nemesis. The only downside is that the trust fund baby will never see it in person.

 

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[detrius]

Well, it's a sturdy-looking flower pot with a lot of space. Ted could grow basil and some other herbs in it.


Also, is he wearing high-heeled boots? I thought that was Ron deSantis' fetish.

 

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[Casey Pelous]

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Would have happily bet that this is parody.

Nope.

We're living in a damn Onion story.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off

 

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[Katheryne Helendale]

Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off

I'm sorry... The glue???

 

[Casey Pelous]

I'm sorry... The glue???

mmmmm........ mucilage!

 

[Soen Eber]

I'm sorry... The glue???
Dd

Yes, glue. He is an innovator. Perhaps he will also innovate a deep sea submersible next. Given his high regard for safety and engineering standards, we should encourage this.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Actual high-capacity "self-driving" electric vehicles:

Well, these are nice... pods. They can drive fully autonomous, too. And use electricity! Some even are battery powered!

What's next? Ah yes: put them into a loop, like the Vegas Loop! Winner winner chicken dinner!

Well with the recent development of Tesla I start wondering when the board of directors/annual meeting decides to ditch Musk to prevent more harm to the brand and company.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I'm sorry... The glue???

Glue is for beta cucks. Real MAGA men use duct tape.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian is enjoying itself

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Eggings, swastikas and dog poop: Tesla bears brunt of people’s ire against Musk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/vandalized-tesla-elon-musk-trump

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The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Elon Musk faces week of harsh setbacks amid Tesla selloff and Doge backlash https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/elon-musk-stock-tesla-doge-spacex?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1742059041

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The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Notable Tesla investor says he hopes Musk’s government role is ‘short-lived’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/christopher-tsai-elon-musk-tesla?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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[Soen Eber]

Just a note on Tesla crashing: a lot of 401K's are invested in it, some no doubt heavily given it's stock run-up earlier.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Glue is for beta cucks. Real MAGA men use duct tape.

Having lived in both Texas and Arkansas, I can assure you this is a job for bailing wire.

 

[Soen Eber]

Well with the recent development of Tesla I start wondering when the board of directors/annual meeting decides to ditch Musk to prevent more harm to the brand and company.

Unlikely soon. Most of Tesla's valuation is falsely inflated due to it's association with Musk as an influential innovator, a valuation based on the charismatic hold he has (had) on the social marketplace. Stockholders within the company are selling their stock options as fast as they can and no one on the inside has bought Tesla stock - they're expecting the stock to crater massively, more than currently predicted, and have to keep him in until all their options expire. If he leaves soon, so do the Tesla fanboys and wealthy investors who are personally vested in their shared corporate "vision", technological and as a corporatist a$$hole. When Tesla is no longer a frontpiece for them and "descends" to being a "normal" company and no longer useful for its agitprop and propaganda value, they will pull out as well.

In Musk, we're facing an ideology - not just facism in the manner we're used to, but in the corporatist ideological control model for corporate fascist elites. Those investors are not the rats on the sinking ship, they're the officers.

EDIT; Toned it down a bit.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Glue is for beta cucks. Real MAGA men use duct tape.

With hamsters probably. Poor hamsters.