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Old 10-21-2008, 11:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Going, Going........... (Tesla's Detroit layoffs)

Gone?

Financiapocalypse: Automaker Lays Off Detroit Office With Blog Post

What a crappy way to find out you've lost your job.

Kinda like breaking up via text message.

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This is the 2nd round of messiness that Tesla has gone through:

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Well, it's one of the things you have to expect when you work for a startup. The blog post is a bit over the top, but I've had the experience of showing up to work one morning to see a bunch of unfamilar faces, and greeted by "Hi, we're from (the venture capital). We're shutting the company down, so clean out your desks and pick up your checks..."

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