Female staff at Tesla’s Fremont manufacturing facility in California face “rampant sexual harassment,” in accordance with a lawsuit filed on Thursday. In a criticism with the state’s Superior Court in Alameda County, Jessica Barraza, a manufacturing affiliate with Tesla, stated she was subjected to “nightmarish” working situations over the previous three years. Barraza’s lawsuit describes a manufacturing facility ground that appears extra like “a crude, archaic construction site or frat house” than the location of superior EV manufacturing.

Barraza’s allegations in opposition to Tesla are quite a few. In one incident, the go well with alleges a male co-worker caught his leg between her thighs when she went to punch in after a lunch break. Amid the harassment, Barraza says her complaints fell on deaf ears. In one occasion, she says a supervisor did nothing when she complained of a co-worker observing her breasts. “Maybe you shouldn’t wear shirts that draw attention to your chest,” her supervisor advised her, in accordance with the go well with. Barraza advised the person she was “wearing a work shirt provided by Tesla.”

“After almost three years of experiencing all the harassment, it robs your sense of security — it almost dehumanizes you,” Barraza stated in an interview with The Washington Post, which was the primary outlet to report on the go well with. We’ve reached out to Tesla for remark. The firm doesn’t sometimes reply to media requests. 

The go well with comes one month after Tesla was ordered by a federal court docket to pay $137 million to a Black worker who stated they had been subjected to each day racist abuse at its Fremont manufacturing facility. “We continue to grow and improve in how we address employee concerns,” the corporate stated on the time. “Occasionally, we’ll get it wrong, and when that happens we should be held accountable.” Tesla is interesting the award.

Tesla additionally isn’t the one EV-maker accused of fostering a poisonous office for ladies. Just days earlier than its IPO, Rivian was . In her lawsuit, Schwab alleges the automaker fired her after she complained of a “toxic ‘bro culture’” that noticed her excluded from conferences and extra. “The culture at Rivian was actually the worst I’ve experienced in over 20 years in the automotive industry,” Schwab stated on the time.