CEO Elon Musk (53) wants to get a personal picture of the situation Tesla-Make the Grünheide plant. The reason for this is this high sickness rate in the “Gigafactory”, which is said to have reached up to 15 percent at times. “That sounds crazy. “I’ll look into it,” Musk commented on a post on X about the sick leave.
The manager of the Grünheide plant recently caused a stir when he… Defended home visits to employees who reported sick. Such visits are nothing unusual. “Many companies do that,” said André Thierig to the dpa news agency. “We wanted to appeal to the work ethic of the workforce.” The IG Metall spoke of an “absurd action” and referred to the high workload in the factory.
Thierig emphasized that the workforce was informed about the home visits at the works meeting. The approach met with great approval. Employees are frustrated that some of their colleagues are almost permanently absent. “We have identified a good 200 employees who are still receiving wages but who have not yet worked at all this year,” said Thierig.
Tesla has been manufacturing electric cars in Grünheide in Brandenburg for more than two years. According to the company, almost 12,000 employees work at the location.