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It always amazes me how some people dismiss and underestimate every profession except their own, but fail to see the irony and hypocrisy in that.


But isn't that right though? Tesla build cars, not fintech products. What irreplaceable knowledge are they losing in this particular case?


Any knowledge which wasn't transferred into a document of some kind will either be lost or have to be re-learned by experience.

High turnover in any sector is terrible for business. This is true even for relatively "unskilled" labor: informal, often unwritten practices between workers are essential to any kind of collaborative work. See the "slightly different sense" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule


Leading finance for a capital intensive company like Tesla is not a 'dime a dozen' job.


Tesla builds cars by relying on very complex financing. Financing is critical to Tesla existing for the long term.


Tesla is asking suppliers to return money already paid to them. Turnover in the finance department probably impedes those negotiations.


Not in this case. The only reason Tesla is known is solely because of engineering and design.




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