Manufacturing unit employees on the Cybertruck line at Tesla’s Austin plant have been reportedly instructed to take three days off this week beginning Tuesday, in line with a memo first seen by Business Insider.
“On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week (Dec. 3-5), you don’t want to report back to work,” the memo stated.
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The memo additionally reportedly instructed employees they’d be paid for the complete day of their shifts if scheduled. The rationale for the surprising days off was not disclosed, and Tesla didn’t reply to BI’s request for remark.
May or not it’s a vacation present from CEO Elon Musk, a champion of in-office work who favors “hardcore” employees who sleep under their desks when wanted? Most probably, no.
Employees instructed BI that schedules have various since October and that extra time was as soon as the norm on the firm, and now they really feel “fortunate to get 40 hours.”
Based on a memo seen by the outlet in April, Tesla additionally cut hours for Cybertruck manufacturing line employees, at the moment.
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The Cybertruck electrical car was unveiled in 2019 and initially obtained round two million reservations, per Electrek‘s information.
BI experiences that “a number of” consumers who made reservations for the car later than most have obtained their vans, which, the outlet notes, might be “an indication that Tesla could also be going by its reservation listing sooner than anticipated.”
Electrek also reports that on Monday, Tesla lowered its leasing costs to $899 for 36 months with $7,500 down for the AWD car and $999 for 36 months with $7,500 down for the Tri-motor Cyberbeast.