Tesla conducting massive layoffs, including senior executives

The layoffs are said to be quite broad across the company.

According to media reports, American EV maker Tesla is said to be massively downsizing its workforce. Having already reduced its global workforce by 10% earlier, fresh reports now suggest that Tesla is laying off even more employees - this time including senior executives and long-time veterans of the brand.

Tesla is also said to have laid off its entire Supercharging team, along with the executive who negotiated NACS adoption across the industry.

The layoffs are said to be quite broad across the company. Tesla has shortened production shifts at its Texas Gigafactory and fired several teams associated with critical projects, along with some important executives. These include Drew Baglino, who was with the company for 18 years and led the 4680 cell project and the other being Rohan Patel, head of Policy and Business Development. Reports also state that Tesla has fired its entire ad team as well.

In addition to this, more layoffs have been finalised through an email from Elon Musk. As per this, Tesla's Senior Director of EV charging, Rebecca Tinucci, will be leaving the company along with her nearly 500-person team (a few of them though, will be reassigned to other teams).

As per reports, Elon Musk stated that he wants Tesla to be "absolutely hardcore" about headcount reduction and wants to relieve those who "don't pass the excellent, necessary & trustworthy test".

Source: Electrek