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Re:Tesla must pay $137M to ex-worker over hostile work envir...
by nuerow on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:31AM
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> One should never build a factory in racist California , I hope they move all operations to Texas for good.
I'm not sure if you're trolling, but the problem isn't really about the state the factory is in, but about the company culture which fostered racism and brushed any complaint under the rug, and the whole company hierarchy not doing anything about it.
If you relocate the company but keep the same culture and the same practices, and even the same people, you also expect to preserve and perpetuate the same problems.
Tesla's case was tad more serious than one employee shouting random racist remarks at another employee.
The article mentions a long pattern of racism to the point it became a part of the company's culture, a few former employees who complained about the systemic problem, a company-enforced arbitration process that systematically brushed complains under the rug as standard operating procedure, and a problem so widespread that a shareholder felt compelled to raise the issue in the company's annual shareholder meeting.
Quoted from the article:
> Institutional Shareholder Services, the proxy advisory firm, recommended shareholders vote for Nia’s proposal, noting that Tesla has faced many serious allegations of sexual and racial harassment and discrimination over the years.