CEO Elon Musk told Tesla employees that more than ten percent of the workforce would be cut. Nathan Howard and Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
Tesla announced another round of layoffs on Sunday night, as affected employees reported on social media.
Elon Musk told employees last April that Tesla planned to lay off more than ten percent of its workforce.
Tesla has already laid off employees in recent weeks.
Elon Musk continues to downsize at Tesla. The company sent out another round of layoff notices on Sunday night, affected employees reported on social media.
The latest round of job cuts means the company’s employees are facing layoffs for the fourth week in a row. At least seven Tesla employees said on Linkedin that they received layoff notices on Sunday.
“After watching my team shrink week after week since mid-April, I received the dreaded email on Sunday afternoon,” a Tesla employee wrote on the networking platform. Another employee, whose last day of work was May 5th, shared a screenshot of her resignation letter on Linkedin, which she said she received by email.
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A Tesla spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment before publication. However, employees of the car manufacturer had previously told our US colleagues at Business Insider that the ongoing wave of layoffs was unsettling them, which is why some were looking for other job opportunities.
We need a sign that we can stop worrying about losing our jobs.
Anonymous employee at Tesla
“I keep waiting for Elon to send another email and tell us that they’re finally done laying people off,” said a current Tesla employee who requested anonymity to discuss the terms of his employment can. “We need some closure or a sign that we can stop worrying about losing our jobs,” he continued.
Since Musk first spoke publicly about a 10 percent layoff of his workforce on April 14, employees have continued to receive layoff notices in waves. At the time, Musk said the cuts were due to a “duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas,” according to a screenshot of the April email seen by Business Insider US.
Employees only found out about the termination when they arrived
Just hours later, the company began notifying affected employees of their layoffs. Some employees reportedly only learned that their role had been eliminated when they tried to identify themselves at the entrance to a Tesla facility.
In the weeks that followed, various teams across the company were affected by staff cuts: from recruiters to the marketing team to the Tesla Supercharging team. Some Tesla recruiters were also laid off, as Business Insider US first reported. Musk reportedly told executives last week that the company needed to be “absolutely tough” on headcount.
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Musk also lost Tesla executives
At least six executives also left the company last month. On the same day Tesla announced its first round of cuts, two executive-level employees resigned from the company.
Including Drew Baglino. He is senior vice president of powertrain and electrical engineering, including Rohan Patel, vice president of public policy and business development. Both explained on X (formerly Twitter) that they had left Tesla on Sunday.
Patel told the online platform Techcrunch that he had decided to resign due to the major “general changes” at Tesla. According to a report by The Information, Musk was left with only 35 direct employees to supervise after the restructuring.
Before the job cuts, Tesla employed over 140,000 people worldwide. According to reports filed by Tesla under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the company already has thousands of workers at its locations in… California and Texas fired.
The latest round of layoffs comes as Tesla faces weaker demand for its electric cars. The carmaker reported fewer deliveries than expected in April.
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