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Lawsuit: Tesla is like a frat house with frequent groping on the factory floor | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/lawsuit-tesla-is-like-a-frat-house-with-frequent-groping-on-the-factory-floor/
Female Tesla workers face constant sexual comments and groping, lawsuit says.

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Although Tesla publicly claims that it fosters a safe and respectful environment for its workers, the truth is that for years Tesla has subjected women working in its Fremont plant to nightmarish conditions of rampant sexual harassment. Tesla's factory floor more resembles a crude, archaic construction site or frat house than a cutting-edge company in the heart of the progressive San Francisco Bay Area. The pervasive culture of sexual harassment, which includes a daily barrage of sexist language and behavior, including frequent groping on the factory floor, is known to supervisors and managers and often perpetrated by them. Jessica Barraza complained repeatedly to managers and to HR, who failed to protect her. She was forced to endure this atrocious and illegal behavior for years until she could not take it anymore. Ms. Barraza is bringing this case to put a stop to the systemic sexual harassment that plagues her and the other women at Tesla.

Jessica Barraza's lawsuit against Tesla says that she works nights and that as "she walks to and from her work station at the beginning and end of shifts or breaks, men make comments like 'She's got fat titties,' 'She's got cakes!,' 'That bitch hella thick,' 'Go ahead, sexy,' 'Damn, girl!,' 'She has a fat ass,' 'Oh, she looks like a coke bottle,' and 'Girl has an onion booty.'" Barraza began working on the Tesla factory floor as a production associate in October 2018 and had "hopes of spending her career at Tesla and rising through the ranks," but she is now on medical leave after suffering panic attacks triggered by the harassment, the lawsuit says.
"Multiple times a week, male co-workers brush up against Ms. Barraza's back-side (including with their groins) or unnecessarily touch her under the pretext of working together in close quarters," the lawsuit alleges. Barraza says that managers and human resources personnel both failed to protect her even though she complained repeatedly.
"Ms. Barraza, who started her career at Tesla as a strong, confident, ambitious woman, is currently on a medical leave until the end of the year, ordered by her doctor, in treatment with a therapist who has diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress disorder, and on anxiety medication," the complaint says.

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Yeah its almost as if men with money don't actually respect women as much as they say

Sadly I don't feel too surprised. Elon Musk doesn't seem like the type of guy that cares about this shit. Look at his Twitter.


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How do they get in the chimney?

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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

So what youre telling me is a lot of dudes here work there?

I can imagine CE posters saying touch da mommy milkers to be honest

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Arcanine2009 posted...

Sadly I don't feel too surprised. Elon Musk doesn't seem like the type of guy that cares about this shit. Look at his Twitter.

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