global job cuts include reducing staff in the U.S. and China, the automakers’ two biggest markets, across sales, tech, and engineering, five sources briefed on the matter said.laying off more than 10 per cent of its global work forceSeveral U.S.-based service centres saw heavy layoffs effective immediately, primarily of sales staff and technicians, one source said. Another location laid off all front-of-house staff, the source said.
Two sources said members of Tesla’s China sales team were being notified they were being made redundant, with one saying more than 10 per cent were losing their jobs. Tesla’s U.S. headquarters and its China unit did not immediately respond to requests for comment. All the sources declined to be named as they were not permitted to speak to media.Tesla Germany refuted reports in German media that 3,000 of the carmaker’s roughly 12,000 staff had been fired, and said it was evaluating how to implement Musk’s orders at the plant.
German union IG Metall on Monday said that Tesla had not informed or consulted the works council, as is customary in Germany, prior to e-mailing all staff.
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