On April 24, according to a number of media reports, Tesla was exposed to the cancellation of the contract with fresh graduates. According to the report, Tesla has recently implemented a layoff plan of more than 10% worldwide, and in China, Tesla (Shanghai) unilaterally revoked the admission notice that had been issued to fresh graduates, and provided the affected candidates with a monthly salary as compensation. Since the notice of revocation occurs at the end of spring recruitment, these fresh graduates face great difficulties in finding new jobs, and if they miss the recruitment season, the loss of their status will further increase their employment difficulties.
Some netizens who were broken by Tesla posted on social platforms that when the spring recruitment was about to end, they suddenly received a notice from Tesla to withdraw their employment, and Tesla provided a unified monthly salary compensation, but it is very difficult to find a job at this point in time, and it will be even more difficult to find a job once the spring recruitment fails and loses the identity of a fresh graduate. Some netizens said about the loss of money, but what we need is not this money, the identity of fresh graduates is very important, and now the spring recruitment is closed immediately, and a lot of job opportunities before are gone.
On April 15, Tesla suddenly launched a global layoff, and Musk said in an internal letter that the layoff rate was 10%. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an internal email to employees that the company would lay off more than 10% of its global workforce to cut costs and increase productivity. Musk said in the email that Tesla's "rapid growth" has led to "duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas." "To prepare for the next phase of growth, it is extremely important to look at all aspects of the company to reduce costs and increase productivity. Musk said that after a thorough review, a difficult decision was made to reduce the number of employees worldwide by more than 10%. He said this will allow the company to remain lean, innovate and enter the next growth cycle. Based on Tesla's global workforce, the layoffs affect more than 14,000 employees.
According to the electric Zhijia, Tesla China's layoff ratio is far more than Musk said 10%, and the sales department is the hardest hit area by layoffs. People familiar with the matter said that some departments will optimize the layoffs by 30%~40%, and individual departments will be optimized by 50%. Other sectors are generally at 20%, and the compensation is from N+1 to N+3, and it is N+3 when the day is over.
Regarding the reason for Tesla's layoffs, some industry insiders believe that it is related to the decline in sales and the demand for new cars in the future does not meet expectations. According to the data, Tesla delivered 386,810 vehicles in the first quarter, down 8.5% year-on-year and more than 20% month-on-month, far below Wall Street expectations.