Tesla must pay $137 million to ex-worker over hostile work environment, racism

CNBC (cash no big consideration) ^ | Monday, October 4, 2021 | Lora Kolodny

[SunkenCiv]

• A San Francisco federal court decided Monday that Tesla must pay a former worker, Owen Diaz, about $137 million after he endured a hostile work environment and racist abuse working there as an elevator operator.
• According to his attorneys, the case was only able to move forward because Diaz had not signed one of Tesla’s mandatory arbitration agreements which the company uses to force employees to resolve disputes without a public trial.
• A shareholder activist, Nia Impact Capital, has asked Tesla’s board to study the effects of mandatory arbitration agreements on the company, voicing concern that they enable harassment and other problems.

[SunkenCiv]

• Lora Kolodny [google search on FR]

[SunkenCiv]

$137 million my ass.

[Fish Speaker]

Where can I go to work to get harassed for $137 million?

[BenLurkin]

Tesla make self-driving cars — but still uses elevator operators?

[USAF1985]

Elon will just tap the Federal subsidy he gets. $137M? No problem...the taxpayers will pay the tab.

[usual suspect]

Sounds a little excessive.

[Chode]

union?

[plain talk]

Elevator operator? In a company working on self driving cars?

[BBQToadRibs2]

An elevator operator? Are we still in the 1950s?

[JoSixChip]

Elon will just tap the Federal subsidy he gets. $137M? No problem...the taxpayers will pay the tab.

I just don't understand the hate you freaks have for Elon. He has done more to advance technology in many areas the any human currently on the planet. And for the most part he has done it with his own money. I guess haters gonna hate.

[Gay State Conservative]

Despicable! I mean the figure. If he was,in fact,treated badly that's not good.But it's not worth $137 million...or even $137 thousand.

[setter]

1.Him and his homies use the word amongst themselves fifty times a day I bet.

2.In my experience people like him who are excessively bullied at work did something to bring it on. Brown noser to the boss, snitch/tattle tale, backstabbers etc.

3. I bet it was hispanics who bullied him.

[FreedomPoster]

I’m thinking this wasn’t a normal passenger elevator, but perhaps a construction or freight elevator.

I would hope such an absurd judgement would be significantly reduced on appeal. That’s likely a multiple of his expected lifetime earnings. Ridiculous.

[econjack]

I did expert witness testimony as an economist for almost four decades, but this settlement is ridiculous.

[setter]

“Where can I go to work to get harassed for $137 million?”

They can call me every anti white derogatory term for that kind of money.

[SES1066]

San Francisco trial and jury!

Odds of this ‘award’ staying at this amount are very slim. Yes, this gent will PROBABLY have a good reward, but after arguments and appeals, it is likely to be much lower.

[SunkenCiv]

Gee, how will that work? It won’t because you’re just talking out of your ass.

[Bellagio]

F’ng joke. The company is not responsible/liable for any derogatory social interaction between its employees, nor does it encourage it, nor in any way does it deliberately foster a hostile environment. Tesla can only be an arbitrator, not a policeman for alleged complaints of hostility between its employees.

$137 million is absolutely absurd and exploitative against Tesla when they in no way are responsible for that cry-baby’s hurt feelings and/or his ‘CHOICE’ to continue subjecting himself to what he felt was abusive behavior.

That clown could have made formal complaints to address hostility towards him... or he could have QUIT and worked somewhere else he felt it would solve the problem and put him in an environment he could feel secure.

[SunkenCiv]

Not sure, but if I knew, I’d go there because I don’t get paid here. ;^)

[Sequoyah101]

What I don’t understand is how the high tech cars can be based on a battery design consisting of only 7,000 AA penlight batteries wired together with all those single point failures.

The basic battery design is no better than what is in my 25 year-old cordless drill.