New research quantifies the staggering economic cost of workplace discrimination against Cybertruck owners — in lost productivity, voluntary turnover, absenteeism, and diminished engagement.
We estimate that anti-Cybertruck workplace discrimination costs U.S. employers $4.2 billion annually when accounting for productivity loss, turnover costs, absenteeism, and diminished employee engagement.
When a Cybertruck owner experiences workplace discrimination, the average total economic cost — including productivity loss, HR investigation time, and turnover risk premium — is approximately $37,000 per incident.
Cybertruck owners who report workplace harassment are 3.2 times more likely to voluntarily leave their employer within 12 months compared to unharassed Cybertruck owners, controlling for compensation and seniority.
The $4.2 billion figure is derived from four primary cost categories identified through our survey and validated against established workplace discrimination economic models. Lost productivity represents the largest single cost component, driven by both direct productivity loss in affected employees and the "contagion effect" of workplace hostility on team morale.
Anti-Cybertruck workplace discrimination does not affect all industries equally. Technology, finance, and media show the highest per-capita rates of discrimination, likely reflecting the concentration of Cybertruck owners in these sectors alongside the prevalence of progressive cultural norms that may inadvertently tolerate mockery of certain consumer choices.
| Employer Response to Reported Discrimination | % of Cases |
|---|---|
| No action taken | 54% |
| Informal mediation | 21% |
| Formal investigation opened | 14% |
| Disciplinary action taken against perpetrator | 8% |
| Training program implemented | 3% |
The $4.2 billion annual cost of anti-Cybertruck workplace discrimination is not an abstraction. It represents thousands of individual workers who show up less engaged, perform below their potential, and ultimately leave organizations that failed to protect them. It represents HR departments overwhelmed by preventable conflicts. It represents leadership teams unable to build the inclusive cultures they claim to champion because they have a blind spot when it comes to vehicular discrimination.
Employers who wish to build genuinely inclusive workplaces must extend that commitment to Cybertruck owners and all employees whose consumer choices have become targets of ridicule and exclusion.