Tesla’s factory in Germany has had a a lot of problems this year. It has only been about four months since climate protesters attacked the factory and in March the factory had to be shuttered for a week because an arsonist took out the power grid.
Now the same factory is in the news for a new problem. The number of employees taking sick leave is about triple the industry average. In an attempt to deal with this, the factory has been offering bonuses for those who show up 95% of the time.
The carmaker has provided bonuses to staff who turn up for work regularly and executives have suggested that staff who frequently call in sick are “dishonourable” and are “exploiting” the system.
Staff calling in sick at the Berlin gigafactory reached 17% in August, compared to an average rate of sick leave in Germany’s car manufacturing industry of just over 5pc.
Sick leave is also higher…
