Comments on: Better Place Electric Car Company Lays Off Staff?

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:11:24 +0000

In reply to Karin Kloosterman. Newer reports say 200 will be laid off.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:36:45 +0000

As of yesterday, YNET Is reporting that Better Place is sacking staff:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4297860,00.html

Some 150 R&D staff will be losing jobs… there you have it.

By: Tal Bar

Tal Bar — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:13:28 +0000

I work at Better Place for the last 3 years now.
no one was asked to buy the car. nevertheless my parents and my brother each has purchased their own electric car, and are enjoying it tremendously.
Personally, i don’t have a private parking, so i can’t buy one. (a private charge spot at home is mandatory)
I personally think your article is full of disinformation, and it made me really sick reading it.
If you don’t have anything smart to write, please don’t.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:32:32 +0000

SD – you are right. I have edited the article.

By: sd

sd — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:20:47 +0000

That’s all well and good — so report *that*. I made a specific point: your article says BPI has *announced* a layoff. Your headline states that the layoff has already happened! Neither are true – it’s a simple as that.

I’m not saying they are or aren’t planning to lay people off. I’m talking about the quality and accuracy of the reporting of the rumor.

In fact, using a ‘proof’ for your article (the CVs) from the [anonymous, unsubstantiated] comments that appear on the article is bit backwards. Even if it is true, all it means is the BP employees have also heard the rumor… or suspect a possible layoff.

I find your standoffish stubborness in refusing to acknowledge the simple point of the TOTALLY misleading headline – and towards your commenters (see your response to Nir), really off-putting. Going to have to take a break from your site for a bit if this is how you stand by your product.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:05:37 +0000

The fact that employees are submitting their CVs elsewhere, and that unnamed executives are talking about layoffs seems to point to layoffs in the near future, no? Of course the company won’t announce this now. They don’t want to tank. They want people to buy cars.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:04:22 +0000

Well Forbes picked up on the layoff “rumor” as well:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/10/11/better-place-founder-shai-agassi-resigns-from-board-amid-layoff-rumors/

By: sd

sd — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:30:38 +0000

The previous commenters are correct: the Haaretz article does not say “Better Place Israel has announced that it will be laying off staff, about half of its workforce”.

There is no reference to any ‘announcement’ from Better Place.

In fact, the quote is:
“In a statement, Better Place said the company was assessing its current situation but no decisions have been made.”

It’s one thing to simply copy a news story from another agency (and then besmirch the outlet you just lifted from in the comments).
It’s quite another to do so badly.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:09:17 +0000

Well the proof is in the pudding.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:57:47 +0000

I work in human resources, and we received many CV’s from employess of better place.