But the Tesla workers aren’t having it. A quality engineer who’s been working at the Fremont factory for eight years said people who plaster such stickers on their Teslas are being misled.
“I see people with the stickers, and I feel really bad,” he said. “They follow some news, propaganda, without research. It’s shameful, really.”
Alex suggested that sticker-slappers aren’t genuine in their critique of Musk.
“Are they being honest, or are they just preventing their car from getting vandalized?” he asked. “It’s just a safety net.”
“It’s not good, like the company you’re working at is not good,” said a worker who affixes panels to Model Ys. “It doesn’t make you feel proud.”
Opinions were divided about DOGE.
The quality engineer said he thinks the department is doing important work and the appointment of Musk as leader speaks to his competence.
“Someone like Trump, to feel confident about Musk, to give him this duty, it’s good,” he said. “Everyone should be proud.”
Alex doesn’t support DOGE because of the mass layoffs of federal workers.
“It’s not fair,” he said.
When asked about Tesla’s declining financial situation, some workers said they were optimistic.
“I think it’s temporary,” Alex said. “They’ll have a bad year once in a while. Most of the turbulence you see outside, it’s political. We’ve had bad years, but then we rebound.”
