Yes, it's not an issue with the management style, but the high expectation of working conditions of the American worker.

While the whole world is busting their ass, they're hooked on 9-5s.

Tesla is a great example of a manufacturer that pays top dollar and gets back top-quality work.

"high expectation of working conditions"

Working conditions in the Unites States are quite bad compared to some other places in the world. "At will" employment, wages so low that tips are required to offset them etc. I can go on and on. Just take a read in /r/antiwork/ at reddit. A lot of those things are even illegal but people don't even bother anymore to report them.

We are at a point in time where we have the luxury to improve working conditions and not go back to basically slavery. The issue is we are enriching the rich instead of those that are doing the hard labor.

We have the whole thing backwards, actual labor should be rewarded the most as it takes that one thing away from us that we have a limit resource of which is time.

If we don't strive to improve our lives then what is the point? Work and die to make the life for a few excessively luxurious?

> top-quality work

Why are they rated so poorly for initial quality?

They started a car company from scratch, it's not an easy feat.

The build quality isn't at par with the rest of the manufacturers, but the drivetrain and batteries are by far the best.

(disclaimer: I own a Ford Mach-e and tried all the Teslas)

So they're a battery company that makes average cars