Lockdown rules prohibit the movement of most citizens in the city. Exceptions were made only for couriers, officials and persons on special leave.

How does Tesla work?

• Ilona Maska Automobile Company has found a way to restart its operations in Shanghai. It is controversial and not very suitable for the employees themselves.
• According to the source, people will live directly in the factory, subject to a number of restrictions.
• There are no living conditions on the land of the enterprise. For example, there are no dorms, so staff will receive a sleeping bag and mattress from management that can be placed in a designated area.
• Management is also building immediate areas for showering, dining and entertainment, but their construction is not yet complete and work has apparently resumed.
• Mandatory requirements include daily PCR testing for the first three days, measuring temperature twice a day, and washing hands four times a day.
• Workers locked in the factory will receive three meals a day and 400 yuan a day. Depending on the position, the amount of assistance may vary.

The facility will reportedly only recruit staff from areas with low levels of infection and from people who have only received two vaccines.

The work schedule is amazing. According to Bloomberg, it’s usually “two to four.” However, during the special regime people will work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, that is, one day off. It seems the local government has decided to revert to the old tradition of overworking, the so-called “996 system” that the Chinese government has tried so hard to combat in recent years. It consisted in the fact that companies operated from nine in the morning to nine in the evening, six days a week. Often such a busy schedule led to deaths. One of the last known cases of Bilibili occurred in February, when the moderator of Chinese video platform Bilibili died of exhaustion at work.

This regime at the Tesla factory is scheduled to last until May 1, but the date may be delayed depending on the situation and the decisions of the Shanghai authorities.