TESLA

Elon Musk says company employee numbers will increase in coming months

Tesla's share price drop of nearly 10% at the end of the workweek was caused not only by investor concern about the fallout from the "ghost braking" investigation, but also by Elon Musk's statements about his intention to cut to a minimum. 10% for staff who receive a fixed salary. Now, the Tesla boss said on Twitter that the company's actual number of employees will still increase in the next 12 months.

It is recalled that, at first, Musk, in his speech to employees, announced his willingness to increase the number of employees with hourly pay, who are dedicated to the production of electric vehicles, traction batteries and installation of solar panels. At the rate of expansion that Tesla intends to maintain in the coming years (+50% on average), recruitment for these positions simply cannot stop. Another thing is that with his statements about the premonitions of negative phenomena in the global economy, the billionaire simply questioned the company's readiness to adhere to its previous plans in the coming months.

Elon Musk traditionally uses Sunday to communicate with subscribers on Twitter, and already after midnight he explained that over the next twelve months the total number of Tesla employees will increase, but the number of employees receiving fixed pay will remain the same. level. This raises doubts about the company's real readiness to reduce the number of specialists in fixed payment methods by 10%. Apparently, with a general expansion of the staff, their number will simply be a smaller share than before, and this is the main principle of optimizing the personnel structure.

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