Former Tesla employee: laid off after 7 days of joining the company is like a dream

Poster News reporter Zhao En reports from Shanghai

On April 15, Tesla announced a 10% layoff of its workforce worldwide, involving about 14,000 employees.

On April 18, a layoff sales department employee told a poster news reporter that he received a layoff email only seven days after joining the company, which was the closest and farthest experience he had from Tesla, like a dream. Another employee who just quit a month ago said that he felt that he had gone early and was at a loss.

The poster news reporter noticed that in recent days, many netizens have shared their experiences of being laid off just after joining the company on social platforms. Some laid-off employees told reporters that the compensation standard is unified as "N+3" (working years + 3 months' salary), and the company's attitude has nothing to say, but there are confidentiality agreements on compensation and layoffs, so it can't be disclosed too much.

For the sudden layoffs and compensation, some people envy and some regret. Many netizens are envious of Tesla's "N+3" compensation amount, especially for employees who were laid off shortly after they started work, it was like picking up a big gift package. But there are also employees who have been in the company for more than a year and just resigned a month ago complaining that if they stay up for another month, they will now be able to catch this "sky-breaking wealth", but now they can only sigh that they left early and feel very lost.

Elon Musk

A job seeker who had just participated in the Tesla interview told reporters that he had finished interviewing for the sales position on the morning of the 15th, and saw the news of layoffs on the way back, and then contacted the interviewer again and there was no reply. The job seeker said.

In an email shared by one of the employees interviewed, Musk wrote: "Over the years, Tesla has grown rapidly, setting up many factories around the world. With this rapid growth, there has also been duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas. As we prepare for the next phase of our company's growth, it becomes extremely important to reduce costs and increase productivity. ”

According to Tesla's previously released production and delivery report for the first quarter of 2024, Tesla produced 433371 electric vehicles and delivered 386,810 electric vehicles in the first quarter, down 8.5% year-on-year and 20.2% month-on-month, which is a new low for Tesla in the past five quarters and the first time since the third quarter of 2022 that sales fell below 400,000 units.