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    Musk urges 'barnacle' purge of Tesla contractors at struggling factory

    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times May 07, 2018 3 minutes

    FREMONT, Calif. - Tesla was set to begin scraping "barnacles" on Monday.

    Barnacle is Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's word for temporary workers whose job performance is not up to snuff. Scraping and scrubbing are his words for firing them, a purge the billionaire apparently believes is crucial to getting his Model 3 sedan production back on track at its Fremont factory.

    In an email sent to managers late

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