I worked in Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory. I loved my job, and it had little to do with Elon Musk.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a Tesla production associate, who left the company late last year. They spoke anonymously to protect their privacy. Their identity and employment have been verified by Insider, and their words have been edited for length and clarity.I've always been the type of person that likes to tinker with things and build things. When I was a kid, my dad would help me take apart hard drives and I always had so much fun with that.
It was my first time working in a factory and I was really nervous about it. During orientation, they made it sound a lot more scary and dangerous than it was, because in the manufacturing industry there's always a level of risk. I was in the battery module department so I was working on the machines thatI wish people understood that working at Tesla is not like what you see in the news. I feel like a lot of the news that surrounds Tesla is negative due to our CEO.
saying he sometimes fires people that are right in front of him. But, I think if you're not doing your job or something bad happens, I can understand how he'd react. That's his baby. , but for our staff, working at Tesla wasn't really about him. A lot of people that worked in the factory were proud of what they did; they were striving for the goal of creating a better, cleaner environment. They also really enjoyed the work.
It wasn't always obvious when production picked up because the line was mostly automated and I worked on keeping the machine up and running. Though, there were definitely some very busy days where we could tell we were under a bit of a production boost.
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