Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: 'You get fired on the spot.'

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Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: 'You get fired on the spot.'::Tesla CEO Elon Musk's ‘ultra hardcore’ work culture is revealed to have led to long hours, unsafe conditions, and harassment for employees.

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How is this legal? Does the US have zero employee protection regulation?

If this happened in NZ, the business owner would be put through the ringer and it would be front page news (it's been front page plenty here) for unfair dismissal.

The laws are there, sure. But if you become a corporate "whistle blower" you're not likely to get a job again. And the company will just drown the accusations in fines and litigation and nothing changes because we're poor and solo, because we're not unionized because if we try we get fired (again, illegally).

Sigh.

Well, that begs the next question. Do you not have laws to protect whistleblowers and allow anonymous whistleblowing?

Yup. But they don't work. Same problems. They'll get dog piled by litigation, threats, and investigations. meanwhile said whistle blower is unemployed and getting raked through the mud. Not much protection going on.

They have employment rules, but I believe as they employee your main recourse would be to sue them. They don't have a government entity like Employment New Zealand to hold the employer to account on the employee's behalf.

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Most of the states have at-will laws. Meaning companies can fire people without cause as they please.

Government bad. Job creators good.

Freedumb!

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