Elon Musk running sweat shop?

[SunsetBengal]

(05-25-2017, 05:48 PM)Au165 Wrote: I saw they chose to quote some, but not where they noted the shift to 3 shifts as well as getting up to industry standards this year. As I said they are spinning a narrative that, while true in 2015, is counter intuitive to what has been noted recently.

From first article

"The company did release more recent data, which indicates its record of safety incidents went from slightly above the industry average in late 2016, to a performance in the first few months of 2017 that was 32% better than average. The company said that its decision to add a third shift, introduce a dedicated team of ergonomics experts, and improvements to the factory’s “safety teams” account for the significant reduction in incidents since last year."

But even Tesla's stats for '16 and first few months of '17 are compared to 2015 stats, as 2015 is the most recent year for industry wide stats to be compiled and available.

I'm not knocking Musk as a business man and industry pioneer, I believe that his product is revolutionary.  I wish that I could afford to purchase one of his cars.  What I think he should really do?  Instead of riding his production workers like borrowed mules, is to ramp up the pressure on his engineering team to come up with a model that is affordable to median income Americans.  Then, he can afford to open many factories and take a significant chunk of the auto industry.