65,000 parts were stolen from one of Tesla’s European factories. The brand is investigating…
65,000. According to the inventory carried out by the boss of this Tesla factory, this is the number of missing parts that he counted in a factory, the famous Gigafactory! The scandal concerns the one in Grünheide, located on the outskirts of Berlin. This massive theft was revealed by the head of the factory, Andre Thierig, who directly accuses the employees of this gigantic installation!
According to Andre Thierig, the 12,000 employees of the factory are responsible for this theft. He estimates that statistically, each employee would have taken five of these objects… mugs purchased en masse from the giant Ikea. “65,000! Statistically, each of you already has five Ikea mugs at home. I am really tired of validating orders to buy more mugs,” he wrote, visibly exasperated in an email sent to employees and revealed by the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
Employees’ reaction to the allegations has been mixed. Some found the situation laughable, while others were offended by their boss’ remarks. Despite the mixed reactions, Tesla has yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.
In response to this massive theft, the plant management even took a drastic measure: all the cutlery in the break rooms was locked away for an indefinite period! Andre Thierig explained this decision by stating that if no action was taken, the company would likely become a major buyer of knives and forks to replace those that would potentially be stolen…
It is still uncertain how Tesla will manage this crisis internally. In the meantime, employees at the Grünheide plant will have to make do with this new reality: break rooms will be without cutlery and a climate of general suspicion over all staff! Far from the image vaunted by the big boss in California, the famous Elon Musk… The Grünheide plant, often called Gigafactory, had already made headlines with the announcement of its upcoming expansion. Unfortunately, this news was accompanied at the same time by the loss of several positions elsewhere in Europe, and even in Germany.