Elon Musk running sweat shop?

[Benton]

(05-19-2017, 07:45 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Working 6 12hr shifts per week, for extended periods of time is detrimental to people's long term health.  If Musk wants that much production, he should go to a 3 shift/day model.

Not disagreeing that those kinds of hours aren't healthy. But if you're getting paid for it, it's not a sweat shop.

Coal miners, welders, deck hands, assembly line workers, etc... they work in tough conditions for long hours, but they get paid well. Those workers generally have safe conditions, and they trade out their health and time for the peace of mind that $20+ an hour brings. It's not like kids working in the clothing factory where Ivanka Trump's clothes are made, where they earn $1 an hour working 60 hours a week. 

Personally, I applaud Musk for building the cars here instead of taking the route "American" auto companies have gone and building cars much cheaper in Mexico. I'm kinda surprised anyone is faulting the guy for providing decent — albeit hard — jobs for Americans.