Tesla Lays off Hundreds of Underperforming Employees

[MachCrit]

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/13/16474536/tesla-layoffs-model-3-production-ramp-up

Jack Welch was a huge advocate of culling the underperforming herd, while promoting the strong performers on an annual basis.

What say you? Good thing or bad practice? Should gender/race/ethnicity be factored into the layoffs to ensure a proper progressive ratio, or should pure performance be the only standard?

 

[TAZ911]

If they are truly performance based firings Tesla batter have some objective standards in place and clear line of notifications that employees were not meeting expectations. If not they will get sued pretty quick. Race, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and a host of other special categories have no place in hiring or firing of people. I know in today’s butthurt world that is racist, sexist and a whole slew of other isms. In the case of Tesla if they are truly firing due to performance then how can the societal baggage be part of the equation?

 

[jeremysteele]

This is average with major corps. Many companies regularly lay off workers after reviews. For instance, a company my friend works for (major bank) lays off ~10% of the corporate workforce every year after their evaluations... it is literally thousands of workers every single year. He has no issue with it from a career perspective - because it has let him advance very quickly.

This is only news because it is Tesla.

Survival of the fittest and all that. Race/gender/ethnicity should not be a factor, performance is all that matters.

 

[velocityg4]

Makes sense to fire the people who don't cut the mustard.

As for the race/gender question. That will likely land this thread in PRSI. But no it shouldn't be factored in to firings. I can understand the reasoning behind the ideology of hiring that way. Once you give the person a shot. If they suck at the job. They should be fired regardless.

 

[an-other]

It's pretty standard for companies to dangle a severance with a "no litigation" clause in the small words.

 

[Stella Martin]

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/13/16474536/tesla-layoffs-model-3-production-ramp-up

Jack Welch was a huge advocate of culling the underperforming herd, while promoting the strong performers on an annual basis.

What say you? Good thing or bad practice? Should gender/race/ethnicity be factored into the layoffs to ensure a proper progressive ratio, or should pure performance be the only standard?

cultural diversity has its advantages. the question is, were they laid off because of underperformance or due to their color/religion/sex/beliefs/culture?

 

[adib]

Stack ranking? Didn't Microsoft and others abandon it years ago because it promotes predatory behavior? Especially on levels where there isn't enough people to form a normal distribution causing directors to sabotage each other's departments.