Remember, this isn’t just an intern thing. It’s going to impact anyone hired to work for a team or department that no longer exists.

Getting an internship at a notable company is hard to do, and getting dropped at the last minute is fucking terrible, and can delay you entrance into the workforce. Which already takes way too fucking long and puts recent grads in even more debt.

That said, this article is also leaving out the other employees that suffered the same fate. I’ve known people who have left homes and pulled their kids out of school, all for a job that vanished when they arrived.

It was a tough sacrifice, but the really important thing going forward is making sure Elon gets his 56 billion dollar bonus reinstated that was so cruelly taken away.

I admit I own a Tesla. Given all the recent erratic behavior:

• Not only will I not recommend Teslas to anybody who might ask about it, I will warn them to look at company & CEO behavior over the years, and actively discourage others from buying one.
• When the time comes, I will not be replacing my current car with another Tesla. I will still likely go with an EV, but by then there should be significantly more good (better) options available.

About the only way I’ll change either of these will be for Elon to step down and completely remove himself from any control over Tesla. But I don’t see that happening and I certainly won’t be holding my breath.

Tangentially related, but I remember being in college when Tesla was like starting to take off. Like the Model S had just come out. I went to one of the Tesla internship presentations on campus and listened to some of the people who had the internship the previous year and they talked about how they were pulling like, 60+ hour weeks and that they had like, a shuttle that ran all throughout the night to take them from the workplace to the housing. Some talked about going back home at like 3AM, and then showing up for work again at 8AM. It really sounded kind of like it would be a very stressful experience and I didn't even want to apply after listening to it. I guess they were paid well, but

Sounds like things have only gotten way more chaotic since then

A preference cascade by consumers leading to a death spiral.

Watch for tesla to spin off the vehicle business soon and refocus on batteries / energy going forward.

Tesla, in their infinite wisdom, cut entire departments that these interns were going to be hired into, so it's not surprising that those positions are being cut.

It really is a feels bad for students getting shutout of an internship at a famous company, and paying moving and housing expesnes. At least they can put "too good for Tesla" on their LinkedIn bio lol.

You can say what you want about cutting something like the supercharger network and how that can be bad for Tesla, but that can be managed to some extent. Cutting off internships like this is long term a very bad thing. Companies like this need young talent and this is an amazing way to foster and grow that. This can be devastating to their long term future potential.

Same things raised here apply to employees.

What about all the employees that Elon wants to move into his Tesla housing?

These people's jobs were closed and they were let go with no fault of their own.

A few years down the road, that means these people would get an email on their way to work that their job no longer exists, and their housing is now gone, on the whim of the owner.

D'Elon the Musketeer needs to make Tesla look like it is profiting so that he can get funds, even if it means scraping for couple thousands a time. The future of humanity is at stake, he is sure that people will understand once they see how great he is.

Had to fuck over some more people, huh Lonnie?