I hope that service and delivery will not get impacted.Obviously, some departments will be cut more than others. But it seems like no area of the company will not be impacted.
I hope that service and delivery will not get impacted.Obviously, some departments will be cut more than others. But it seems like no area of the company will not be impacted.
I have never been a fan of blanket cuts vs. targeted cuts. The surest way for Lucid as a luxury car manufacturer to fail would be to develop a reputation for inadequate service. Read through this forum and so much of the positive feedback is related to good service and much of the negative is related to bad service (kept car too long; lack of communications; waiting in the road for a callback; etc. I would hate to see Lucid make any cutbacks on service.Obviously, some departments will be cut more than others. But it seems like no area of the company will not be impacted.
Well, the sapphire folks are the most talented engineers in the company, i'd bet.I would cut the entire Saphire group and focus on getting Gravity out. JMHO.
I just spoke to my DA, following up about registration of my car. (Apparently not done because my lender is not registered with my state...so they'll FedEx me the relevant documents so I can have it done at a local tag agency, and refund whatever they charged me for them to do it).I hope that service and delivery will not get impacted.
Where did he say "blanket cuts"? I think this will be very strategic.I have never been a fan of blanket cuts vs. targeted cuts. The surest way for Lucid as a luxury car manufacturer to fail would be to develop a reputation for inadequate service. Read through this forum and so much of the positive feedback is related to good service and much of the negative is related to bad service (kept car too long; lack of communications; waiting in the road for a callback; etc. I would hate to see Lucid make any cutbacks on service.
My DA suggested cuts coming from the factory among other places. Makes sense as ramping up production is no longer their primary problem.I have worked at places that layoff 5-8% of their workers every year. I am not saying that it is a good way to run a business. When growing like Lucid has, not every hire is going to be great hire. The employees that I have worked with have been great but there are stories on this forum of not so great, SAs, DAs and service. It is not a bad thing to get rid of the people that are not living up to the Lucid standards. That said, 18% is a very large number of people so this is a lot more than just trimming the poor performers but also trimming some very good people. I expect these cuts to be strategic and not blanket cuts.
This and I bet there will be a massive slow down in the build out of the plant. Just get what is necessary for Gravity, and hold off on adding crazy capacity. Those dollars are better saved than spent.My DA suggested cuts coming from the factory among other places. Makes sense as ramping up production is no longer their primary problem.
Soon they'll need to be making knockdown kits for their Saudi facility to assemble.
I suspect the answer will be no but it never hurts to politely ask, especially in the current market conditions.So, as I mentioned earlier, my wife and I signed the purchase agreement and then, a few hours afterwards, saw the news of deep layoffs. Our delivery is on Friday. We have the original pricing + the $7500 for the glass canopy Tourinng, + the $7500 tax credit for the mid-August 2021, so the overall pricing is reasonable, very close to what we paid for our Model X six years ago with EAP, but no lidar, panel gaps, etc…
However - there’s always a however - I feel like the DreamDrive Pro option we selected has lost significant value and that we would have been better off with the 90-day trial. Is there any wiggle room with Lucid to lower any buyer’s remorse after the purchase agreement has been signed.
However - there’s always a however - I feel like the DreamDrive Pro option we selected has lost significant value and that we would have been better off with the 90-day trial. Is there any wiggle room with Lucid to lower any buyer’s remorse after the purchase agreement has been signed.
Great, put them to work on the Gravity! The Sapphire is a distraction and will not help Lucid become profitable.Well, the sapphire folks are the most talented engineers in the company, i'd bet.
Agreed. How many units of sapphire will be sold vs gravity?Great, put them to work on the Gravity! The Sapphire is a distraction and will not help Lucid become profitable.
Great, put them to work on the Gravity! The Sapphire is a distraction and will not help Lucid become profitable.
From what I was told today (My car is currently at the garage where Lucid has been doing all its Colorado service) it is true that both techs assigned here have been let go. And they are bringing in other techs in the meantime temporarily from Seattle to handle any cars currently in the queue. No word yet on what the long term plan is, but for now, these "flown in" techs will be working out of the same space as always in Englewood. That facility has not been shut down or let go.Bummer. It seems that both the local techs in Denver were laid off and techs are flying from Seattle to service