What are the possible risks or unintended consequences of this change?
What are the possible risks or unintended consequences of this change? How can these risks be managed? With new ideas of changes to implement to the company comes possible risk factors that Tesla can encounter. A risk that Tesla will go through by making a change to the work environment will be receiving backlash from the people. Although the change is good, people will probably question why did it take so long for them to resolve the issue. Not only that but the company will have to recreate their image in order to create a more positive environment.
This means changing guidelines that the company has been following for years. People will see this as a poor management from part of Elon Musk for barely resolving an issue that has been out in the open for the past year back in 2017. Elon Musk had mentioned back in 2017 that he “believes in doing right and that extends to caring about the health and safety of everyone at the company.”(add citation) People will probably see it as a false claim made by Tesla once again.
Having new changes to the work environment for Tesla can create the risk of increasing or lowering the reputation of the company. One way that Tesla can be affected negatively by these new changes is that it will be viewed as a company that provided poor working conditions to their employees. The other risk that Tesla can face is that these new implementations can create a positive image and show Tesla as a company that has listened to their employees and cares for them. Furthermore, Tesla can be viewed positively as a company that wants to retain their employees and create an enjoyable work environment for them. By creating these changes to the work environment, Tesla runs the risk that consumers will see them in a negative way as the company that did not care about the working conditions of their employees or in a positive way as the company that cares and values their employee. Although if these changes aren’t implemented Tesla has the risk of facing lawsuits from people have been injured in the job and ignore. They will also face lower productivity because of the health of the employees which can drive them to not want to work as efficiently and feeling stressed out.