Elon Musk Wants To Cut 10% of Tesla Jobs, Report Says – CNET [CNET]
Tesla employs around 100,000 people worldwide.
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Elon Musk isn’t confident about the economy.
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Tesla boss Elon Musk told executives on Thursday that the company must cut its workforce by 10% and pause hiring globally, according to Reuters. Musk apparently cited a “super bad feeling” about the economy as his reasoning.
The electric carmaker had 99,290 employees worldwide at the end of 2021.
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