Company Update
While I know I could never make someone redundant personally, I do think the idea that you&#x27;re owed a job at a company forever is wrong. As someone on the spectrum, it&#x27;s not always been easy for me to find work, and I have been made redundant in a similar manner to this in the past which wasn&#x27;t an enjoyable experience. Still, at the time all I could do was express my appreciation that for a few years that company wanted my services enough to pay me a decent wage and that I thoroughly enjoyed my time working for said company. I understood my job was a risk to the company going forward and I held no hard feelings about the decision made to let me go.<p>In a perfect world things like this wouldn&#x27;t happen. Top employees would never leave for a better paying job, and you&#x27;d never have to let employees go to remain competitive. But this isn&#x27;t a perfect world. We must prepare for the worst and hope for best while remembering to treat each other with as much respect, kindness, and understanding as possible.<p>Whether or not these specific cuts were needed or sensible, I don&#x27;t know. What I do know is that Tesla is a young company in a highly competitive space. Were I personally to take a job at Tesla I wouldn&#x27;t expect to be there longer than a year - especially if I was a temp worker or contractor. Anyone who&#x27;s worked at small, early stage startup in the past would know how this story goes. You often work harder and longer than you would at a more established slower moving company, you don&#x27;t get the perks, and you&#x27;re constantly worrying about whether or not you&#x27;ll have a job next month. But it can also be very rewarding when things go well. These are the decisions you must weigh up as an employee when looking for work.