Automotive · United States
Tesla layoffs
We've tracked 2 rounds of Tesla layoffs between Jun 2022 and Apr 2024, affecting 14,000 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.
People affected
14K
Across tracked announcements
Announcements
2
Jun 2022 → Apr 2024
AI-attributed
0%
Of affected people
Every tracked announcement
- −14,000(10% of workforce)
Elon Musk told staff Tesla would cut its global headcount by more than 10%; Tesla gave no number, and Electrek estimated at least 14,000 jobs from a workforce of about 140,000.
Source: Electrek
- −Undisclosed(3% of workforce)
Elon Musk said Tesla would reduce its salaried workforce by roughly 10% over about three months while hourly headcount would grow.
About the figure: The cut was 10% of salaried staff only; the same article quotes Musk putting it at roughly 3% to 3.5% of total headcount. Percent uses the lower bound of his range; consider whether to store 10 with a note instead.
Source: CNN
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