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Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I can't imagine anyone that has decent prospects would agree to go back to Tesla after getting canned with those kinds of wild swings in decision making.

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I can't imagine anyone that has decent prospects would agree to go back to Tesla after getting canned with those kinds of wild swings in decision making.

I can $ertainly think of a $cenario where I might con$ent to let bygone$ be bygone$ and go back to work for that a$$hole

[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Indeed know a guy who got played 9ff by big blue. He was the only one who could do his job so he has screwed them as a contractor for 500 a day 100% working from home and a loooooong termination clauses

Edit sorry this is in the UK not us

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

500 a day is $62.50/hr, that's not very good for contracting, especially if they don't take taxes and healthcare out. Any sort of key contractor like that ought to be worth at least $250/hr

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Seriously, that's really low rates. Healthcare and all that overhead is usually at least double of the actual salary.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

They're in the UK. They don't have our stupid healthcare system.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I charge $90(CDN), pay myself around $40. Solo contractor with occasional support staff.

Need to up my rate, it's a bit low for what I do, even though I'm no genius or expert specialist.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

He should re-brand as a "consultant" and charge double that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

spoiler

sdfsaf

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I need a 1yr salary sign-on bonus before I clock in. I also need full pay for 120 months after any form of departure from the company.

You know, since I can't trust the stability of the relationship.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, this new salary is going to be 8x what I was being paid previously.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Oh naturally.

I was just ironing out what I wouldn't be doing any work for.

I'd get that shit notarized and then quit. Take a 10 year vacation to academia or something. Get published. 🤷‍♂️