19 November 2021

According to Elon, You Need to be "Thick Skinned"

Tesla has been targeted by a lawsuit alleging "nightmarish" sexual harassment on its shop floor at its Fremont, California plant.

It should be recalled that in response to credible allegations of racism on the same shop floor, Elon Musk's response was to send out a company wide email telling people to be "thick skinned".

As the old saying goes, a fish rots from the head:

Tesla Inc subjects female workers to "nightmarish" conditions of rampant sexual harassment at its main factory, and supervisors turn their backs when complaints are brought, according to a new lawsuit.

Jessica Barraza, 38, said she has endured "near daily" catcalls and inappropriate touching in her three years at the electric vehicle maker's factory in Fremont, California, where she works night shifts as a production associate.

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Barraza said Tesla's human resources department has not addressed complaints she filed in September and October, and even disabled its hr@tesla.com email address for receiving complaints.

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The automaker run by billionaire Elon Musk is not unfamiliar with claims of mistreatment at the Fremont factory.

A federal jury in San Francisco on Oct. 4 ordered Tesla to pay Owen Diaz, a Black former elevator operator, $136.9 million because he faced racial harassment there.

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Barraza is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

She also said that like many "tech employers," Tesla requires many workers to sign arbitration agreements, keeping workplace disputes out of court, but that her agreement's "unconscionable" terms make it unenforceable.

This is what happens when you have a sociopath running a company.

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