Tesla refuses to pay earned bonuses to laid-off worker, man's wife claims

A former Tesla factory supervisor learned Friday he was losing his job — then was told he would not receive some bonus payments tied to his hiring and performance.

That’s according to the man’s wife, who tweeted out his story. Her husband declined to be interviewed.

“I’m shocked with how they treated him and how they refused to give him his 2018 performance bonus and the rest of his sign-on bonus,” Kari Pollock said of her husband, Dan Pollock.

Last week, Tesla announced it would cut 7 percent of its workforce, with CEO Elon Musk saying the firm faced an “extremely difficult challenge” in becoming competitive in an industry largely powered by fossil fuels.

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