On June 3, according to Reuters, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was not optimistic about the economic situation. Tesla needs to cut about 10% of its workforce and will suspend global recruitment. In this regard, the daily economic news immediately sought confirmation from a number of relevant Tesla China principals. However, as of press time, Tesla China has not responded.
It is reported that musk wrote to the company's management in an email titled "suspension of all global recruitment", saying that he had a "super bad feeling" about the economic situation, and Tesla needed to cut about 10% of its jobs.
According to public information, Tesla's annual financial statements submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February this year showed that by the end of 2021, the number of its global employees was 99290. This means that if Tesla cuts 10% this time, the number of layoffs will be close to 10000.
It is worth mentioning that Tesla has just launched a round of recruitment of a large number of technology R & D personnel in China. On May 22, "Tesla Recruitment" wechat announced the recruitment of technical R & D personnel for its R & D and innovation center in Lingang, Shanghai, covering vehicle software, hardware design engineering, power & More than 100 positions in energy engineering, vehicle engineering and other fields.
Regarding the question whether the recruitment of Tesla's Shanghai R & D innovation center will be suspended, on June 3, a Tesla China customer service staff member said in an interview with the reporter of the daily economic news: "at present, we have not received any notice about layoffs and suspension of recruitment."
In addition, Tesla China has just released the information about recruiting store managers in Southwest China, including Chengdu, Kunming, Chongqing, Guiyang, etc. to this, the above customer service staff also responded to the reporter that "they have not received any notice about layoffs and suspension of recruitment".
According to the previous Reuters report, musk requested in an email sent to Tesla employees on the evening of May 31 local time that "everyone in Tesla must work in the office for at least 40 hours a week" and "if you don't show up, we will default that you have resigned".
"The higher your level, the more obvious your sense of existence must be," Musk wrote in an email. "That's why I often live in factories so that those on the production line can see me working with them. If I hadn't done so, Tesla would have gone bankrupt."
As of press time, tsla shares fell 3.86% to US $745.06 per share.