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发帖数: 107 | 1 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/25/tesla-firings-spread-across-solarcity-
employees-blindsided.html
Employee dismissals at Tesla are continuing at its SolarCity subsidiary,
according to six former and current employees, and are affecting SolarCity
offices across the U.S.
Echoing reports from earlier this month, these SolarCity employees say they
were surprised to be told they were fired for performance reasons, claiming
Tesla had not conducted performance reviews since acquiring the solar energy
business. Earlier this month, Tesla began firing hundreds of employees
after it announced a recall of 11,000 Model X SUVs.
All the people spoke under condition of anonymity, citing fears of
retaliation from Tesla.
Tesla had already announced plans to lay off 205 SolarCity employees at its
Roseville, California, office by the end of October this year. However,
SolarCity employees across the country have been fired in the last two weeks
— not just in California, but also in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and beyond,
according to these employees.
Two former employees told CNBC that the Roseville office was being
completely shut down. A Tesla spokesperson said the office will remain open
with about 50 full-time employees. In March 2015, SolarCity said it employed
450 people at that location and was planning to add 300 more. It is not
known whether those new people were ever added.
The total number of dismissals could not be determined. However, former
employees estimate around 1,200 people have been fired in the company's wave
of dismissals at Tesla including SolarCity. That figure does not include
previously announced layoffs.
A spokesperson for Tesla declined to confirm that number or offer an
alternative, and pointed back to a previous statement about the companywide
dismissals:
"Like all companies, Tesla conducts an annual performance review during
which a manager and employee discuss the results that were achieved, as well
as how those results were achieved, during the performance period. This
includes both constructive feedback and recognition of top performers with
additional compensation and equity awards, as well as promotions in many
cases. As with any company, especially one of over 33,000 employees,
performance reviews also occasionally result in employee departures. Tesla
is continuing to grow and hire new employees around the world."
SolarCity, which sells solar energy systems to consumers, was founded by
Elon Musk's cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive in 2006. Musk was its chairman and
largest shareholder from its early days. When Must first proposed that
Tesla buy SolarCity in 2016, critics said it would distract Tesla from
making great cars.
Critics also raised corporate governance concerns because of the close
relationships between the companies. Now, it operates as a subsidiary of
Tesla.
Problematic 'conduct with peers'
Recently dismissed SolarCity employees — including from the company's sales
, field energy and customer relations teams across four states — said
usually Tesla HR managers fired them in person. Some of the firings came in
big group employee meetings.
SolarCity employees (like other Tesla employees) then received separation
agreements via email. The documents cited "failure to meet performance
expectations" as the reason for their terminations, according to excerpts of
the documents shared with CNBC by multiple parties.
The former SolarCity employees all said performance reviews had not been
conducted since Tesla acquired the clean energy business for $2.6 billion in
November 2016.
Three recently fired SolarCity employees (who worked in disparate city
offices, and were contacted separately by CNBC) said they asked HR at Tesla
for a copy of their performance reviews. But those never materialized.
In some cases, HR never acknowledged their requests but went ahead and sent
them separation agreements. These agreements force ex-employees of Tesla
into arbitration if they want severance pay. In other words, they have to
sign away the rights to sue the company for two weeks' worth of salary.
Sources said that HR department representatives told staff in one office
they were being let go due to problematic "conduct with peers." When
questioned, an ex-employee said, HR declined to specify any details about
the alleged poor conduct, which had never been previously discussed. | P*O
发帖数: 4324 | 2 太龌蹉了哈，偷偷摸摸不敢说一共开了多少人，只给两个星期的补偿，以表现不好为由
，却又拿不出评估哈。遮遮掩掩的怕给Tesla抹黑？
再说这solar City的办公室，为啥只关加州的哈，加州是最欢迎作弊的呀。 | C*******h
发帖数: 6095 | 3 加州税太高工资太高，关了更省钱，哈哈
【在 P*O 的大作中提到】
: 太龌蹉了哈，偷偷摸摸不敢说一共开了多少人，只给两个星期的补偿，以表现不好为由
: ，却又拿不出评估哈。遮遮掩掩的怕给Tesla抹黑？
: 再说这solar City的办公室，为啥只关加州的哈，加州是最欢迎作弊的呀。
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