> The separation agreements also contain a clause that prevents laid-off staff from bringing legal claims against Tesla, per the plea.
Nickel and dime your shadily-terminated workers at the end. Classy.
I was in a situation like that once (designate percentage of your staff for the chopping block "in case the order comes"), and just told my boss no.
How do they sleep at night?
The introspection you're talking about requires a strong moral compass and sadly its existence is not as common as you think/hope.
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, end of Chapter XV.
You’re seeing survivorship bias, whenever I’ve been in this situation and said no, I was canned as well. You’re also usually not gonna have your boss sit down your and explain how he was told to fire some % of you but refused
One week… dang that’s cheap.