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Elon Musk says Tesla workers will be sleeping on the factory floor when new $25,000 EV goes into production next year (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, if you're required to stay there that'd be some mad overtime pay where I'm at: first 8hr at 1xpay, next 4hr at 1.5xpay, then everything after that is 2xpay.

I can't say I wouldn't consider it.

I doubt the regions this may be required in will have such labor friendly laws though...

[–] Maggoty 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

According to another comment the workers are 90 percent independent contractors being abused. So no extra pay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Somehow I'm not surprised... Fuck Tesla.

[+] NotMyOldRedditName -10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sleeping there isn't necessarily working though. It's having the right amount of engineers on site so they can immediately fix things vs waiting until the next day.

So it's like being on call, except you have to be there.

I feel like that deserves way more than an on call wage, but also not as much as a over time working wage until they work?

As long as I'm paid appropriately though I'd do it for at least a short period.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If your company requires you to be on site for any reason, it's work. I don't care if the employee needs to be there just in case and put his thumbs in his bum for 12 hours.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's not true. But you get all the upvotes and I get all the downvotes.

Emphasis below is mine.

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/on-call-pay

What is on-call pay?

According to the U.S Department of Labor, an employee qualifies for on-call pay if they are required to be in the work premises awaiting substantive work, if and when the work becomes available. Alternatively, an employee is also said to be on-call pay if they are at home waiting for work to come up so that they are engaged. On-call pay also applies to cases where an employee is required not to stray away from their places of work as they wait to be engaged.

Those engineers will be considered on-call unless they are working. It's up to Tesla to compensate them as per the law, or better, to encourage their participation.