<story><title>Tesla must pay $137M to ex-worker over hostile work environment, racism</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/tesla-must-pay-137-million-to-ex-worker-over-hostile-work-environment-racism.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ngcazz</author><text>A bunch of you here are clearly concerned about the financial impact of the fine on Tesla’s bottom line, but maybe you should consider they could’ve gotten the house straight instead.</text></item><item><author>BluSyn</author><text>It is insane. There&amp;#x27;s a huge line between justice and grift, and I mainly blame lawyers for the latter. If every claim of hostile workplaces resulted in similar settlements, every company would be bankrupt within a few years. A company can have a strict zero tolerance policy, but they can&amp;#x27;t police every action of every employee while on the clock. Such settlements would likely incentivize companies to put cameras and microphones everywhere, including bathrooms, which would also result in &amp;quot;emotion distress&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Forced arbitration isn&amp;#x27;t just either, but the court system hasn&amp;#x27;t left much room for alternative with such overreaching punishments.</text></item><item><author>sandworm101</author><text>Large? Excessive? Yes. Insane?  No.  The system isn&amp;#x27;t just about compensation.  The amount needs to be high enough to actually influence the wrongdoer, to dissuade repeat behavior.  Maybe this jury thought this the smallest number that would cause Tesla to make actual changes to its workplace.&lt;p&gt;I do chuckle at how much money from each subsequent tesla sale will be going to pay down this lawsuit.  127mil &amp;#x2F; 500k = 254$ per car for a year.  Given the price of a new Tesla that doesn&amp;#x27;t actually seem very big, and will certainly be reduced on appeal.</text></item><item><author>trabant00</author><text>Nobody wants to touch this story with a comment in 3 hours? I wonder why.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll go ahead and say that if no important detail is left out of the story, 137 millions being awarded for verbal abuse during 1 year of employment is insane and clearly shows why the company has mandatory arbitration agreements.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nuerow</author><text>&amp;gt; A bunch of you here are clearly concerned about the financial impact of the fine on Tesla’s bottom line, but maybe you should consider they could’ve gotten the house straight instead.&lt;p&gt;Well, shareholders who voiced concerns regarding systemic racism in Tesla sought to actually fix the problem by looking into the arbitration process and making it clear they do not tolerate racism.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m afraid some of the comments in this thread are directly advocating against any need for Tesla to address systemic racism, and instead are deeply invested in blaming the victim.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla must pay $137M to ex-worker over hostile work environment, racism</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/tesla-must-pay-137-million-to-ex-worker-over-hostile-work-environment-racism.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ngcazz</author><text>A bunch of you here are clearly concerned about the financial impact of the fine on Tesla’s bottom line, but maybe you should consider they could’ve gotten the house straight instead.</text></item><item><author>BluSyn</author><text>It is insane. There&amp;#x27;s a huge line between justice and grift, and I mainly blame lawyers for the latter. If every claim of hostile workplaces resulted in similar settlements, every company would be bankrupt within a few years. A company can have a strict zero tolerance policy, but they can&amp;#x27;t police every action of every employee while on the clock. Such settlements would likely incentivize companies to put cameras and microphones everywhere, including bathrooms, which would also result in &amp;quot;emotion distress&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Forced arbitration isn&amp;#x27;t just either, but the court system hasn&amp;#x27;t left much room for alternative with such overreaching punishments.</text></item><item><author>sandworm101</author><text>Large? Excessive? Yes. Insane?  No.  The system isn&amp;#x27;t just about compensation.  The amount needs to be high enough to actually influence the wrongdoer, to dissuade repeat behavior.  Maybe this jury thought this the smallest number that would cause Tesla to make actual changes to its workplace.&lt;p&gt;I do chuckle at how much money from each subsequent tesla sale will be going to pay down this lawsuit.  127mil &amp;#x2F; 500k = 254$ per car for a year.  Given the price of a new Tesla that doesn&amp;#x27;t actually seem very big, and will certainly be reduced on appeal.</text></item><item><author>trabant00</author><text>Nobody wants to touch this story with a comment in 3 hours? I wonder why.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll go ahead and say that if no important detail is left out of the story, 137 millions being awarded for verbal abuse during 1 year of employment is insane and clearly shows why the company has mandatory arbitration agreements.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jeegsy</author><text>For me, Tesla&amp;#x27;s bottom line is irrelevant. While Tesla was indeed liable for the events, 137M is way too much for what happened to the victim. Its really that simple</text></comment>