By Russ Mitchell - Contact Reporter
This Business/ Auto article is about Tesla's (an auto industry) recent action of firing hundreds of workers all at once. News reports estimate that the number of fired workers are between 400 to 1200, an immense amount of workers. Tesla claims that the reason for the dismissal of these workers are due to their "subpar performance", but the article hence otherwise. The article seems to go against Tesla's claims, suggesting that the real reason why these workers have been fired is because workers have been trying to organize a union. It could be assumed that if this is the real reason for the departure of these workers from Tesla that Tesla does not want to admit it, which would explain the reason why Tesla has not commented much about the situation. Mitchell uses a connotation style of diction. Words used were casual, not too literal nor specialized. The article consisted of words that every day people can understand, such as "unclear", "staggering", "declined", and "demanding". Mitchell's tone is critical since he is skeptical of Tesla's credibility and honestly. Mitchell's level of attachment to the situation isn't clearly displayed, but from what has came out of Tesla and what has been shown, it is reasonable to think that Tesla has treated their workers unfairly. Whether the reason for their departure from the company be because of the organization of a union or simply because of the fall in recent profits, workers deserve to know the real reason, not blaming their worker's "subpar performance" when their performance reviews says differently. The purpose of the article was to inform readers on Tesla's most recent and shocking action of firing hundreds of their workers. Michell's overall goal of this article could've been to simply inform the public, but it could've also been to influence their readers into questioning Tesla's credibility and honestly as a successful corporation. If Michell's sincere purpose was to have readers question Tesla, then there should be something learned from Mitchell's position, which is to question the true intentions of people's actions.
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