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Elon Musk Is Looking Into Tesla’s German Workers Calling in Sick
- CEO responds to post on X sharing Handelsblatt reporting
- Plant managers visited sick workers at home, newspaper says
The Tesla Inc. automotive plant in Gruenheide, Germany.
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High rates of absenteeism at Tesla Inc.’s lone car plant in Europe have caught the attention of Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.
The CEO wrote on X that he’s looking into the issue after a user of the social media service shared reporting from Handelsblatt. The rate of employees at Tesla’s Grünheide factory who called in sick climbed to 17% in August, according to the newspaper, more than three times the German auto industry average last year.