Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers
- 7 years ago
Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers
Tesla said Friday that the dismissals were not out of the ordinary, even though they came as the
automaker tries to increase the production of its first mass-market vehicle, the Model 3 sedan.
“As with any company, especially one of over 33,000 employees, performance reviews also occasionally result in employee departures,” the company said.
“Tesla is continuing to grow and hire new employees around the world.”
Although Tesla confirmed the dismissals, it did not reveal the exact number of employees who were fired after the reviews
Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has set aggressive targets for the expansion of its plant in
Fremont, Calif., including increasing annual production volume to 500,000 vehicles from 100,000.
The company has been criticized for the slow pace of its early production of the new model,
which has generated hundreds of thousands of deposits from prospective buyers.
Tesla said Friday that the dismissals were not out of the ordinary, even though they came as the
automaker tries to increase the production of its first mass-market vehicle, the Model 3 sedan.
“As with any company, especially one of over 33,000 employees, performance reviews also occasionally result in employee departures,” the company said.
“Tesla is continuing to grow and hire new employees around the world.”
Although Tesla confirmed the dismissals, it did not reveal the exact number of employees who were fired after the reviews
Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has set aggressive targets for the expansion of its plant in
Fremont, Calif., including increasing annual production volume to 500,000 vehicles from 100,000.
The company has been criticized for the slow pace of its early production of the new model,
which has generated hundreds of thousands of deposits from prospective buyers.