Musk must personally approve every new hire

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: May 15, 2023
To:: Tesla employees

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

No one can join Tesla, even as a contractor, until you receive my email approval.

About this email

Musk tells Tesla staff that, to better understand hiring, no one may join the company, even as a contractor, without his emailed approval.

Notes

Also reported by CNBC, which published more of the text (including his request for weekly hiring-request lists from executives); only this sentence was retrieved verbatim in this session.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Electrek

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: hiring, approvals, headcount, contractors

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