Elon Emails

'Super bad feeling' about economy; pause all hiring

From:
Elon Musk
Date:
June 2, 2022
To:
Tesla executives
Subject:
pause all hiring worldwide

Excerpt. Only this much of the email has been made public.

pause all hiring worldwide [...] super bad feeling

About this email

In an email to executives seen by Reuters, Musk says he has a 'super bad feeling' about the economy, orders a worldwide hiring pause and says Tesla needs to cut about 10% of staff.

Notes

Reuters, which saw the email, quoted only the subject line and the phrase 'super bad feeling'; the full text was never published. Reuters' page was blocked in this session, so the words were taken from Electrek's relay of the Reuters report. Reuters dated the email Thursday, June 2, 2022.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, executive & internal. Tags: hiring, layoffs, economy, headcount

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