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by komali2 2988 days ago
With respect to you and your friend, I'm automatically skeptical of stories like this. We're on the internet, after all.

Has your friend spoken to news agencies about this? Why not, if he/she hasn't? Surely any of the major news agencies would be watering at the mouth for a story like this.
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StudentStuff 2988 days ago
Huh? There are articles every week about injured workers at Tesla getting screwed over, its a core reason why the workers are attempting to unionize. Someone needs to stand up to Tesla and protect injured workers.

Take a look for yourself: https://www.qwant.com/?q=tesla%20workers&t=news

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josefresco 2988 days ago
> There are articles every week

I looked, it's an exaggeration to say every week.

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mabufo 2988 days ago
What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla? People get injured at work. Maybe not where YOU work, but it absolutely happens.

Also, the subtext of your comment - that this person OF COURSE would have contacted a news organization if their claim was legitimate is frankly very weird.

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dragonwriter 2988 days ago
> What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla?

What I (not the original poster of the comment you are questioning) is that they were injured in the workplace at Tesla as en employee and unable to get anything from Tesla to deal with that, since workers compensation is a bright-line legal requirement for all employers and covers all employees.

Now, bureaucratic difficulties dealing with Tesla’s WC insurer resulting in annoying runarounds, poor doctors in inconvenient locations, and disappointing care quality would be credible. Crickets, though, stretches belief.

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trhway 2988 days ago
well, i second his story. I know a guy who got serious issues with his shoulder from working at Tesla. He is low income, large family so no skills/time/resources to pursue his case (his description was along the lines of Tesla just refusing to pay)
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chalkandpaste 2988 days ago
Hey I don’t blame you for being skeptical, it’s the way of the internet. I don’t think media attention is what he wants as he is still attempting to work through legal recourse.
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komali2 2988 days ago
Smart, I can think of a couple articles I've read of people that have torpedoed their legal options by kicking up a shitstorm.

Extended legal action may very well be why there aren't big stories about this.

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