{"id":251733,"date":"2024-05-27T23:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T23:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/i-just-swapped-a-tesla-model-3-for-a-model-y-and-elon-musks-brutal-layoffs-ruined-the-experience\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T01:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T01:57:59","slug":"i-just-swapped-a-tesla-model-3-for-a-model-y-and-elon-musks-brutal-layoffs-ruined-the-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/i-just-swapped-a-tesla-model-3-for-a-model-y-and-elon-musks-brutal-layoffs-ruined-the-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"I just swapped a Tesla Model 3 for a Model Y and Elon Musk&#8217;s brutal layoffs ruined the experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Model AZ\/Yelp\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I turned in a 2021 Tesla Model 3 and leased a 2024 Model Y, and I learned firsthand how badly Tesla\u2019s layoffs have affected morale and customer service.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-365019\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-my-firsthand-experience-of-tesla-layoffs\">My firsthand experience of Tesla layoffs<\/h2>\n<p>My husband and I wanted to work with Tesla\u2019s new South Burlington, Vermont, Tesla Center because it\u2019s an easy 1 hour 20 minutes drive away. However, it\u2019s not handling lease returns or new car deliveries yet. <\/p>\n<p>The fledgling team at South Burlington doesn\u2019t know when lease returns or new car deliveries will start. They told me, \u201cCould be weeks, could be months.\u201d The customer service team in Las Vegas didn\u2019t know either. Kinda makes you wonder, who <em>does <\/em>actually know?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we had to do the thing that Vermonters have had to do for years, which is drive five hours south to the Tesla Center in Paramus, New Jersey&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/05\/27\/tesla-model-3-model-y-elon-musk-layoffs\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at electrek.co.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Model AZ\/Yelp I turned in a 2021 Tesla Model 3 and leased a 2024 Model Y, and I learned firsthand how badly Tesla\u2019s layoffs have affected morale and customer service. 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