Tesla slashes chunk of employees after Elon Musk's layoff statement, everything to know

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Tesla camp, as recent reports reveal that Elon Musk's organization has downsized its employee count by at least 14% this year. The aggressive approach towards employee downsizing comes shortly after Musk had announced in April that Tesla will be doing away with its global workforce by a margin of 10% in the coming days.

Tesla's global workforce slashed by 14% and still counting

According to the data available on December 31 last year, the employee count stood at 140,473 employees globally, that includes hourly as well as salaried workers. However, the updated count showed that there are only 121,000 people working for the organization as part of its global workforce, indicating a 14% dip in manpower, says a CNBC report.

Layoff count derived from Elon Musk's mail chain

Although, this particular piece of information has not been derived from any finite payroll data, but from an 'everybody' mail chain from June 17, where presumably, all employees should have been marked in it. Only around 121,000 people were seen marked in this email, suggesting a decline in the workforce at Tesla. The 'everybody' mail also include temps who are working for Tesla in respective departments.

Layoff process was underway much before Musk's announcement

On that particular 'everybody' email, Elon Musk had written to all his employees at Tesla, suggesting that Tesla will conduct a comprehensive review to provide stock options grants for exemplary performance in respective fields. Even