Comment on Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• applepie@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would anyone go back for less?

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  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a common practice for companies to lay off high priced employees and then post those jobs for a lower amount. Why would they go back? If they’re smart they won’t. But some people need a job—at least until they can find another job.

    It’s a bad practice either way, because these employees won’t ever feel their job is secure again, and that makes them care less about how the company does… as it should.

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    • applepie@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did they not get severance?

      I highly doubt these are generic wage slaves, I am would assume they can get jobs else where?

      If they can't negotiate a fat raise under these circumstances, I am not really sure these people can negotiate at all lol

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      • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’d be surprised how many people lack negotiation skills. They think whatever is offered is what they get. I’ve coached many coworkers on how to play hardball with a smile.

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    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It blew me away when I met these people. These real “keep your head down” folks.

      When my company laid people off, and then did the shitty thing of rehire them back at a freelancing level, one gal cried tears of happiness that she was given another chance.

      I just dont understand it. Like going back to your abuser.

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  • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on their prospects.

    For example right this moment, if my employer pulled this on me with a 10% pay cut, it’s probably still better than my prospects in the open market at this moment. I would normally have a pretty strong network of connections, but at the moment they are all in hiring freezes, so I’d probably have to take a huge pay cut to find a job.

    But you would be sure I’d be heavily watching my chances and leave as soon as I had a competitive offer on the table.

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