Is it? I’ve only read awful things about Tesla’s workplace culture. They’ve been sued for discrimination and sexual harassment like dozens of times (and they weren’t like micro-aggressions; more like open racism and Elon pulling his dick out) They routinely have (or at least had) a higher workplace injury rate than other car companies. (They said they got that down to the industry average but some investigative journalists reported they were just not reporting many injuries.)
I mean, maybe it’s a good place to be a software developer or something — that’s what I do and I wouldn’t work for “ketamine and fascism” era Elon for love or money but to each their own. But presumably most of their employees are on the factory floor and I’d much, much rather work at a UAW plant than a Tesla one. At least you have a union rep you can go to about safety/HR issues.
Magister@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It was the same for I guess Google, 15 years ago I’d have apply for a job there, now? no. Right now I’d not apply to everything Musk, Meta, Google, MS, IBM, HP, etc. It does not work. small company, max 100 people, are better.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 months ago
Smaller companies offer much less safety, though.
If a project is late at Google, you can pull in resources from other projects, delay the release, etc.
If a project is late at a small company, that could mean bankruptcy, even if everyone pulls 80h workweeks.
I personally would prefer a company that is just small enough not to require much corporate bullshit, while still having enough buffer to survive rough patches.
My current project is together with Cap Gemini and holy shit are those guys corporate drones. Absolutely horrible.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not so sure that’s true in big tech any more.
When goals aren’t met, or projects don’t show validity in the market, those teams get wound down and the employees are laid off. Moonshot projects still exist, but it’s not uncommon to see execs be parachuted into new orgs with the plebs being fired.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 months ago
Not really, especially not in countries with sane workers rights. Google won’t just fire a bunch of people because a project is a bit late. They’ll finish the project, eat up the costs and maybe decide later on what to do.
Of course, given the absurdity of the US labor laws, big corporations will also fire people, but ceteris paribus, a larger corporation will be more likely to be able and willing to keep you employed than a smaller shop.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My small tech company (which I really liked working for) had < 100 employees. We struggled through a few near-death experiences because of slow sales and panic from our original investors, then we got saved for a few years after being purchased by a larger company (with around 1000 employees). Then that larger company (a small player in the networking equipment genre) got bought by probably the largest player in that space, and within six months everybody from the 1000-person company (excepting a few c-suite types) were laid off - the company had only been acquired in order to eliminate a very minor competitor. There is no safety in small.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I guess you’ve missed the pretty regular news of big companies firing entire teams and even (literally) decimating their head count.
From the point of view of a worker, unless it’s in a country with proper work legislation, the safety of the company one works for as a whole is pretty much uncorrelated with the safety of one’s job.
The reason why you lose your job being different isn’t going to make the result for you be any different.
That idea that large companies are safer is very 1980s.