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Tesla replaced laid off US workers using H-1B visas
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttp://web.archive.org/web/20241228223956/https://old.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/1hnjr9e/elon_laid_off_tesla_employees_and_requested_h1b/ http://web.archive.org/web/20241228223956/https://old.reddit... https://archive.today/yLpMq https://archive.today/yLpMq
- benreesman 2y agoI guess that's what "fuck your own face" looks like represented as a chart.
- GuestFAUniverse 2y ago<sarcasm> If it serves your Neopharao, everything is fine. </sarcasm>
- rawgabbit 2y agoBuy a Tesla, lay off an American.
- pedalpete 2y agoWithout any numbers to this, it is meaningless. "Some" could be 2 H1B visas and there is nothing to say these people were laid off in order to hire 2 new people. But, I guess bandwagoners are going to bandwagon.
- rawgabbit 2y agoThe article said 15000 were laid of in April and at the same time 2000 H1B visas were requested.
- bdangubic 2y agovery optimistic to assume commenter actually read the post :)
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoThe article literally states that over 2,000 H1Bs were requested. There are numbers.
- rmk 2y agoArticle does not give a single specific example of a senior engineer laid off in order to hire a (cheaper and more pliant) junior engineer. Is that so hard to do? There is a claim that every department was affected, but again, no specifics. Were H-1Bs hired to replace people across departments, or were they hired in specific departments? Looks like someone just decided to pick USCIS numbers in support of their argument that the intention is to reduce compensation and exploit workers, but failed to provide any substantive evidence, or even a cogent argument.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoOh, please. Elon has literally been calling Americans lazy and explicitly calls out a desire for expanding H1B programs to replace American workers. When he lays off thousands of workers and then requests over 2,000 H1Bs, it's simply bad faith to try to claim "Well, you can't prove the H1Bs are replacing the workers that got laid off!" The Pyrrhonian Skeptic act of "WELL YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE" just makes you look foolish. It's obvious what's going on, and acting like you don't doesn't make you look smart.
- snypher 2y agoI'd like to know why it seems that there are so many people who work free PR for Elon Musk or his companies. Some netizens go above and beyond to contradict anything negative posted about him/them, to the extent of disregarding any factual information. What do people gain from being so contrary, or, so supportive of some guy?
- penjelly 2y agothey might own tesla stock.
- GOD_Over_Djinn 2y agoIf you'll indulge some conspiratorial thinking on my part: In the past decade, powerful groups all over the world have realized the importance of presenting their viewpoint (read: propaganda) over social media. Numerous online "reputation management" firms have been born from the existing edifices of marketing and PR. People like Elon pay big money to have a combined-forces army of humans and bots pushing their views in every online venue imaginable. LLMs are the newest and most potent tool in their arsenal. This is compounded by the genuine human users who, once they have been sufficiently propagandized, will start to participate in this effort unknowingly.
- bunfunton 2y agoInstead of hiring american automotive engineers, elon just imports h1bs from mexico to work in his Texas factories. Personal knowledge.
- yehbit 2y agoPopulations don’t just vanish because they are not some oligarchs employee. Lay off all Americans and they can stand their ground collectively against a handful of aged like moldy cheese people. Physics rules the world not our dipshit philosophy.
- ritcgab 2y agoHow many laid-off workers are H-1B owners though? You cannot just assume Tesla laid off 100% US workers then hired foreign labors to fill the gap. This is not an apple to apple comparison.