Performance reviews, often a word that connotatively causes a bit of fear to workers everywhere, as it is the word that. While for the most part performance reviews are quite harmless and do not lead to any significant changes in a company’s staff, there are a few times every now and then when performance reviews can lead to massive changes in a company. For example, let’s look at a recent article I read which highlights a recent example of Tesla and the aftermath of their performance reviews.
Recently, Tesla has fired possibly 700 workers across all of the positions held by their 33,000 employees after the company’s yearly Performance Reviews. This also comes after the news that Tesla is currently behind development schedule after only producing 260 Model 3 Cars this past quarter. Knowing this news it seemed that changes to the company’s staff were likely. It is interesting to note however that Tesla is still looking to add more workers as they look to increase production in the coming years.
Knowing what I have learned from the lectures, it seems startling to me that many of the people interviewed were shocked to have been fired, as they felt they had been fired quite unexpectedly. If many of the people fired where unsure of why and for how long they were underperforming, then I think that Tesla’s management may be underutilizing their performance reviews by failing to properly explain to their workers on how to improve and the company’s expectations for the workers. This case reminds me of the article we had to do for pre-lecture readings, where Nancy Morris was laid off of her job even though her managers had been telling her she was doing a great job.
Overall, after Tesla’s performance reviews resulted in the layoff of an approximate 700 workers, I believe that Tesla may face more production troubles until their managers hire more people, and properly explain the expectations of the workers during performance reviews.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/13/4819750/
Tesla has fired hundreds of employees after performance reviews