Workers will be asked Tesla Corporation A Shanghai automaker sleeps on the factory floor, as the electric car company resumes production following a three-week hiatus.
Sources told Bloomberg that the site will operate according to a system known as the “closed loop”, in order to avoid further closures amid China’s policy of absolute zero tolerance with the Corona virus, according to what Al Arabiya.net has seen.
The electric car maker sent its workers a memo detailing how the system works, obtained by Bloomberg, and which said that Tesla will provide workers with a sleeping bag and mattress and will dedicate part of the factory floor to use as a sleeping place.
Tesla said in the memo that there will also be areas for showers, dining and entertainment, but the company is still in the pipeline.
Tesla also has plans for temperature checks and COVID-19 testing for workers, according to the memo.
Tesla will give workers a food allowance of regarding $63 a day, although the amount may change depending on the worker’s condition at the company, according to Bloomberg sources.
Migrant workers resumed work on Monday and are expected to remain in a closed-loop system until around May 1.
Workers are also scheduled to work 12 hours a day with one day off every 6 days, as opposed to the previous 8-hour shifts with four days and two days off.
And Tesla wasn’t the only company implementing the closed-loop system. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that nearly 5,000 workers at China’s largest automaker, SAIC Motor, were living on site in dormitories. middle of closing.
While Tesla’s Shanghai factory has no living spaces, many Chinese manufacturers have dormitories, cafeterias, and other amenities for workers.
Although Tesla’s massive Shanghai factory opened in 2018, it is becoming an increasingly large part of the automaker’s operations.
Before Shanghai closed on March 28, the plant produced more than 2,000 cars per day and contributed to regarding half of the vehicles Tesla delivered worldwide last year.