Elon Emails

10% salaried headcount reduction

From:
Elon Musk
Date:
June 3, 2022
To:
All Tesla employees
Subject:
Headcount Reduction
Tesla will be reducing salaried headcount by 10% as we have become overstaffed in many areas. Note, this does not apply to anyone actually building cars, battery packs or installing solar. Hourly headcount will increase. Elon

About this email

Musk tells all employees Tesla will cut salaried headcount by 10% because it has become overstaffed, while hourly headcount will increase.

Notes

Also reported by Reuters and CNBC.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: layoffs, headcount, salaried, hourly