Tesla businessman and owner Elon Musk has reportedly told company executives that he must personally approve all new hires at the company, including temporary employees.
And Elon Musk issued new instructions to Tesla executives via an email confirming that all new employees will have to go through it for personal approval.
The email came before Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, and Musk asked to send a list of job applications every week, urging them in the email to “think carefully” before sending applications, according to Reuters.
Tesla recorded its lowest quarterly gross margin in two years in April, as it aggressively cut prices in markets including the United States and China to stimulate demand and fend off growing competition.
Musk said last year that he had a “very bad feeling” about the future of the US economy and as a result planned to cut 10% of jobs at the company, but later clarified that the jobs that would be eliminated were paid jobs and that the company would continue to hire hourly workers as it ramps up production at two new factories. in Texas and Germany.
Tesla hired about 29,000 employees, or nearly 30 percent, in the past year 2022, an increase from the previous year, according to company records.
