According to Tesla US regulatory filings, the company and its subsidiaries had about 100,000 employees at the end of 2021.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that the electric vehicle maker’s total number will increase over the next 12 months, but the number of salaried employees should change slightly, saying in an email two days ago that the job 10% has been cut. was required.
“Total workforce will increase, but salary should be fairly flat,” Musk tweeted in response to an unverified Twitter account.
Musk on Thursday in an email to Tesla executives, which was seen by Reuters on Friday, said he has a “super bad feeling” about the US economy and that he needs to cut jobs by about 10%.
In another email to employees on Friday, Musk said Tesla would cut the number of salaried employees by 10%, as it has become “excessively staffed in many areas.” But “hourly headcount will increase,” he said.
Tesla shares fell 9.2% on Friday on the news.
According to Tesla US regulatory filings, the company and its subsidiaries had about 100,000 employees at the end of 2021.
Ahead of his email on staffing levels, Musk on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to Tesla employees to return to the office at least 40 hours a week in an email. Failure to do so would amount to resignation, he wrote.
Tesla’s AI Day has been extended to September 30, Musk said on Thursday, adding that a prototype of Optimus, a humanoid robot that is the company’s priority, could be ready by then and launch next year.
(Reporting by Rachna Dhanrajani in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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