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A billionaire spent several days at the factory and violently fired employees for the slightest mistake.
The founder of the Tesla and SpaceX companies, Ilon Mask, became an icon of the trade a few years ago, thanks to the success of the Model S. The Tesla model received more than 300,000 applications for a new car in just one week after the announcement of the next model.
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In the summer of 2016, Mask announced the new leaders of Tesla's new goal: to start production four months earlier than expected and produce five thousand machines a week. What happened next, is what Mask himself called "productive hell".
The Wired edition spoke to dozens of former and former Tesla employees who said that Mask was treating engineers, calling every idiot, and freeing everyone free for incredible reasons almost all days. Correspondent.net tells the details.
Industrial Hell at the Giga Factory
The young engineer Tesla was very pleased to receive a position in Gigaphage, Nevada, in October 2017, a giant battery factory. All last year, he spent 13 hours a day working on suitcases. And now, he calls his colleague to tell him that Mask is asking him for advice, begins Wired's article.
The mask spent the weekend on the Gigafabrika endlessly, trying to understand why nothing worked, why the assembly failed, why the software was getting stuck. Mask has sought to automate its plants as much as possible.
However, this total robotics, to which the mask asked, led to delays and malfunctions. Tesla spent a billion dollars for the construction of gigaphobia, but everything went wrong.
Closer to the Sabbath night, Mask anxiously inspected one of the mechanized modules of the production line, trying to understand how much he was being asked to help a young engineer.
"Friend, this worm is not wrap." Is this your job? – asked Mask.
An injured engineer. He saw the mask for the first time in his life and did not know exactly what Mask had asked him and why he was so angry.
– Do you have a program or design in mind?
– So you are absolutely right, work (superficial vocabulary), work or not?
– I'm afraid I do not understand what you
– Well, you *** (obscene vocabulary) and debi! Wale here on a horseradish, so that I can not see you here anymore.
A minute later, his immediate supervisor informs that he was released by a personal order, Mask. The engineer was shocked because he was working without holding hands and waiting for a positive response from the authorities but he was ordered to release him.
A few weeks later, massive layoffs began for low productivity. In total, they promised to put 700 people. Mask was about to talk to others, to encourage them to stay and create "the hell of production".
In the summer of 2016, Mask brought together the best officials and announced a new goal: to begin production in July of next year, four months earlier than planned. For this, production should be fully automated, said a billionaire.
"We have to create a car that will make cars," said Mask.
In response, he heard that it was absolutely impossible. The following weeks, the engineers continued to argue with him, followed by an alarming trend in dismissal.
One of Tesla's officials explained that Mask sometimes had "fierce liberation attacks". Another employee said that all members of his department came to work and feared that this day would become his last day in the company.
The third justifies the mask, because "the goal of Tesla is the salvation of the world".
"What is the feeling of a person in relation to millions of dollars?" Ilon takes care of all of humanity, but he does not have to deal with individuals, "he said.
Many employees also mentioned Mask's unexpected attacks when he started shouting and calling all fools for the slightest mistake.
His mood became even more variable after the release of the first model 30. Sometimes he was playful, joked incessantly and interrupted the meeting to make his members watch a comedy Monty Python sometimes the same episode for several years. time.
The employees also claim that the mask does not tolerate perfume odors and that it is in general extremely sensitive to odors. They could also take it out on their own.
Wired also writes that one of the candidates, Mask, refused to follow him even before the interview because he came in blue shoes.
For two years, Tesla has left almost forty top appointments.
The publication notes that the reason for the difficult condition of the mask could be to separate from the Ember Heard model. He became more and more aggressive.
The official representative of Tesla explained the episodes of the publication that "Ilon takes care of all the people who work in his companies" and release a mask is difficult, but necessary.
"He must make tough decisions regarding the release of people who can not cope with their work and endanger the future of any business," said a representative of Tesla.
Tesla Model 3 / EPA photo
Tesla employees received a letter in July stating that the company had completed 5031 vehicles per week.
"I think we have just become a real automaker, the incredible work of a wonderful team, I can not express how proud he is to work with you," wrote Mask in a letter.
However, the main goal – to build a fully automated plant – has not yet been achieved.
An Eccentric Billionaire
In December, during an interview with Mask's CBS channel, they asked him how he was treated for the term "eccentric" and "prone to drama" ".
"Sujettes au drama" It does not seem so bad, actually. It even pleased me, but I behave as usual. Of course, I was in a state of crazy stress during the wildest hours. But the system would have broken if I'd been really careless, "said Mask
In the summer, he gave a candid interview to The New York Times, where he cried and laughed.
"Sometimes I did not leave the factory for three or four days. All these days, I did not go out, it was because of communication with children and communication with friends, "said Mask.
When asked if this physical stress was affected, he replied: "In reality, it was really not very good. Some of my friends were seriously worried. "
According to Mask, he became last year's" toughest and most painful "of his entire career.
" He was painful, "said one businessman.
In an interview, Mask also spoke of a scandalous tweet.On August 7, he wrote on Twitter, which can make a private company by repurchasing its shares for $ 420.
A statement from a billionaire surprised market participants because similar intentions regarding a public company should be reported not to Twitter, but to regulators.
Ilon Mask Smokes Marijuana In Airspace / Screen Capture
In an interview with the NYT, he initially wanted to write $ 419, but estimated that the number 420 was "happier". This was an allusion to the symbolic link of the number with marijuana, the newspaper said.
Therefore, reporters immediately wondered if Mask was sober when he wrote a tweet and he understood that he could bring his company to justice and put his reputation at risk.
The businessman himself states that he was perfectly aware. However, the actor Azil Banks, the singer of Mask's girlfriend, Grimes, who was at that time with them in a house, wrote to Instagram that the billionaire was "under fire" at the time. writing this tweet.
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