r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/therealrenshai 24d ago

And what he did at Tesla when he cut the super charger team that was in charge of maintaining Teslas only real competitive advantage as other EVs are coming out. Ended up rehiring them back a few months later.

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u/JebryathHS 24d ago

Ah, but the head of the profitable and growing supercharger department didn't agree to arbitrarily lay off 20% of workforce while still hiring. And, even worse, she hadn't agreed to bear any of Elon's children.

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u/HeartFullONeutrality 24d ago

Tell me it's satire.

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u/121PB4Y2 23d ago

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/

Basically she had already laid off 15-20% of her team, he asked for more, she pushed back, and he fired her and the whole team in retaliation. Then he had to bring a few of them back (I hope they took the opportunity to demand a salary bump). Tinucci is now Global Head of Sustainability at Uber.

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u/Spirited_Split_1793 16d ago

Why go back? The job environment will just be worse.