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ep103
> Going forward, I’ve asked that every injury be reported directly to me, without exception. I’m meeting with the safety team every week and would like to meet every injured person as soon as they are well, so that I can understand from them exactly what we need to do to make it better. I will then go down to the production line and perform the same task that they perform.

This is brilliant. Better make sure you were actually hurt before reporting something to the boss, so the numbers go down. And if there actually is a problem, its sure as heck going to get fixed before or while the CEO has to do the same task. I like this guy :)

RealityVoid
I've been quite a vocal Tesla skeptic at times, and at times I think Elon is disconnected from what is possible, but I get a feeling he is a genuine person and actually cares abut making things better. For all his faults or things you don't agree with him, you've got to have respect for the guy.
noir_lord
> ...at times I think Elon is disconnected from what is possible

> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw.

I agree btw, I do think at times Elon Musk suggests timescales that aren't reasonable (so much so we have Elon Time like Valve Time) but he does make progress and a lot of it.

vivekd
Genuine or not he's a businessman and Tesla is company that sells ethics. A big part of its selling point is that it's a more ethical alternative to gas powered cars. If it comes out that they behaving unethically with regard to their employees, that could be fatal for them. I don't think Elron had much choice other than to take the drastic measures he's taking now.
eveningcoffee
I do not think that these things are this tightly coupled.

If Tesla car is more environmentally friendly than diesel cars, then even when they really are unethical towards their employees then there will be choice between this and other companies who have been lying to their customers and state authorities.

wonder_bread
"I’m meeting with the safety team every week and would like to meet every injured person as soon as they are well so that I can understand from them exactly what we need to do to make it better. I will then go down to the production line and perform the same task that they perform."

Whether it's true or not, once again Elon's genius shows in a solution that makes him a PR dream for his companies and a titan leader for his employees.

sixQuarks
This is tempting me to go work for Tesla and fake an injury, so I can finally meet Elon.
bitmapbrother
I'm guessing it's going to be difficult to detect repetitive stress injuries by spending an afternoon on the shop floor.
nielsbjerg
Or you could focus on the positive part - that he actually cares, and shows interest in learning more about the problem to better understand how to solve it.
greglindahl
I suspect he's going to have his ergonomics team in tow.
klarrimore
Right, and Steve Jobs is going to pay himself $1
bdcravens
I assume Steve isn't paying himself anything right now, given that's he been deceased for 5 1/2 years.
DerekL
That was actually true. Jobs was paid in stock options, perks (including a Gulfstream V jet), and the increasing value of the Apple stock he got in the NeXT acquisition, but no salary.
klarrimore
I'm not saying it wasn't true. I'm saying it was an empty gesture that was meant to meant to pacify the media and was successful in doing so.
bdcravens
I don't anyone had any misconceptions about his compensation. $1 salaries are quite common, and at different times, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Jack Dorsey, and many more have done it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary

klarrimore
I'm aware. Steve Jobs just just the most famous example so I used it.