HANDS ON APPROACH: Elon Musk Going To Berlin GigaFactory To Personally Assist In The Hiring Process

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he is going to Tesla Gigafactory Berlin today to boost the local hiring effort, and he will personally interview candidates.

Tesla’s vision of massive factories have many advantages in terms of economies of scale, but they do offer challenges when it comes to hiring.

mre30 - 11/5/2020 10:56:48 AM

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In other news...every CEO in America still travels to their companies' various locations, if they are needed on site, as a routine part of their job.

SanJoseDriver - 11/5/2020 4:25:41 PM

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I don't think a lot of CEOs work on hiring for individual contributor engineers. There are very few CEOs that even understand engineering.

mre30 - 11/5/2020 7:10:54 PM

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Thanks SJD for validating the absurdity of this all.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/5/2020 12:14:27 PM

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Does Musk speak German? If he wants to meet the leaders who run production or the most senior plant management candidates, I guess that is a good use of his time. But this still should really be delegated to someone else.

SanJoseDriver - 11/5/2020 4:24:38 PM

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Pretty much everyone in Berlin speaks English, especially if they are under 40 years old.

Vette71 - 11/5/2020 1:20:40 PM

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CC, Most Germans speak English. They grew-up listening to Armed forces radio and watching US movies and TV shows. Of course he is over there for senior management, not to interview line workers.

carloslassiter - 11/6/2020 7:28:20 PM

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Does Musk speak German?
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You need to travel more.