Tesla CEO Elon Musk is purging his company of contractors by requiring his employees to vouch for the quality of their work, it has been reported.
Musk sent an email to his employees saying that any outside contractors who have access to the building will no longer be allowed into Tesla premises if a full-time employee is not willing to stake their jobs on them.
The email, obtained by Electrek, reads: ‘Please note my comment below about contractor companies and consultants.
‘I extended the performance evaluation deadline to provide more opportunity to demonstrate excellence, but now time is up.
‘Please send a note to HR before Monday justifying the excellence, necessity and trustworthiness by individual (not just the contractor company as a whole) of every non-Tesla person who has badge access to our buildings or network access to our systems.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is purging his company of contractors by requiring his employees to vouch for the quality of their work, it has been reported
‘By default, anyone who does not have a Tesla employee putting their reputation on the line for them will be denied access to our facilities and networks on Monday morning.
‘This applies worldwide. Time to scrub off the barnacles.’
Tesla, which manufactures electric cars, employs almost 40,000 people worldwide.
Musk is also responsible for paying hundreds of contractors who are working at this factories at any given time, according to Gizmodo.
In another email obtained by Electrek, Musk complains that contractors have an incentive to make projects longer since the contracts they sign are not limited in duration.
In years past, Tesla has drawn scrutiny for what some say are poor labor conditions
‘Many contracts are essentially open time & materials, not fixed price and duration, which creates an incentive to turn molehills into mountains, as they never want to end the money train,’ the billionaire wrote.
In years past, Tesla has drawn scrutiny for what some say are poor labor conditions.
Last year, the US agency in charge of enforcing labor law filed a complaint against Tesla, saying it found merit to workers’ complaints about unfair labor practices.
According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers’ rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that could bar them from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company’s facility in Fremont, California.
The agency also investigated charges by the workers that Tesla intimidated and harassed them and violated workers’ rights under federal labor law.
Tesla has denied the allegations.
Complaints were filed by three employees and the United Auto Workers union, which has encouraged Tesla employees to unionize.
The workers said Tesla made them sign a document that they may face termination or criminal prosecution for speaking publicly, or to the media, about anything they observed at work or their working conditions, NLRB said.