Tesla stands after the revelations of star on the working and production conditions at the factory in Brandenburg under stricter observation. Now a newspaper is reporting a striking number of employee departures at the US car manufacturer.
According to a media report, the fluctuation of employees at the US car manufacturer Tesla is unusually high. In 2018, the company replaced 70 percent of its employees, the “Handelsblatt” reported on Friday, citing a data leak. In 2021 it was 40 percent.
The newspaper refers to the so-called Tesla files, a data set comprising 100 gigabytes and more than 23,000 files, which, according to a former Tesla employee, was freely accessible within the company.
The data set is titled “Termination Master Report”, i.e. a report on employee terminations. According to “Handelsblatt”, the names of almost 200,000 former Tesla employees who left the company between 2007 and early 2022 are included.
As the newspaper further reported, the data set concerns numerous supervisory authorities. The Dutch data protection authority, which is responsible in Europe because Tesla has its European headquarters there, opened proceedings in May, which have now been joined by 20 other authorities from different countries. In the USA, the attorneys general of at least five states were involved.
stern revealed grievances at Tesla in Brandenburg
Tesla is considered the world’s most important manufacturer of electric cars. In Germany, the company opened its first factory in Grünheide, Brandenburg, in 2022. In September he revealed star numerous irregularities in the factory, including a number of serious accidents at work, environmental accidents and poor working conditions. The IG Metall union made serious accusations against the company.
Source: Stern
