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Tesla China has cancelled three online recruitment events scheduled for June 16, 23 and 30 for reasons that have not yet been explained, according to several media reports today. It is understood that the three recruitment activities involved positions such as sales, R & D and supply chain. At present, many positions are still being recruited on Tesla's official recruitment official account, including social recruitment and campus recruitment. Social recruitment has more than 700 positions open, covering research and development, intelligent manufacturing, services, information technology, supply chain and so on. Job seekers can still submit resumes. Tesla China has not yet responded to this news, but a relevant person close to Tesla China revealed that it is still recruiting people on a large scale. Tesla's recruitment in China is very strict, and there is still a shortage of talents.

As early as May 22, Tesla China issued a message about the hot job recruitment of Tesla Shanghai R & D and Innovation Center. The job recruitment involves more than 100 jobs in vehicle software, hardware design engineering, power & energy engineering, vehicle engineering and other fields. But on June 2nd, an internal email about Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed that the company would cut 10% of its jobs and suspend global hiring. "there is a very bad feeling about the economy," says Mr Tesla Musk. " Tesla employed 99290 people worldwide at the end of 2021, according to its annual financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February. The 10% layoff also means that the number of layoffs will reach 10,000. Or affected by the news of layoffs, Tesla's share price plunged 9.2% to close at $703.55, with a total market capitalization of $728.885 billion, or $74 billion (about 500 billion yuan) lost overnight.

On June 5, an unverified Twitter account posted that Tesla's employee number would increase in the next 12 months. In response, Tesla Musk replied: "Tesla's total number of employees will increase in the next 12 months, but wages should be quite stable." According to public data, the number of Tesla employees from 2019 to 2021 was 48016, 70757 and 99290 respectively, of which Tesla recruited 28533 employees worldwide in 2021, an increase of 40.3 percent over the same period last year, mainly from the Chinese market and the European market.

It is understood that Tesla's Shanghai factory mainly produces Model 3 and Model Y models for domestic sales and export in China, and has become Tesla's major global export center. According to relevant data, Tesla delivered a total of 936000 new cars worldwide in 2021, an increase of 87% over the same period last year, of which 484000 were delivered by Tesla Shanghai Super Factory, an increase of 235% over the same period last year, accounting for 51.7% of Tesla's total global delivery. it is Tesla's first single market in the world. Tesla CEO Musk has said that in the long run, the Chinese market will account for 25-30 per cent of Tesla's sales.

In April, Tesla's Shanghai super factory in China was hit by the epidemic, and its wholesale volume in China in April was only 1512, down 97.7% from 65814 in March. At present, although Tesla Shanghai super factory resumed work and production on April 19th, Tesla Shanghai factory will still face challenges in terms of production.

Tesla sold 32165 vehicles wholesale in China in May, including 22340 for export and 9825 for domestic retail. However, based on Tesla's weekly output of nearly 20, 000 vehicles, Tesla's car production in June is calculated on the basis of 80, 000 full production, plus the production in April and May. Tesla is expected to produce about 120000 electric cars in the second quarter, down at least 30 per cent from nearly 180000 in the first quarter. Tesla also said, "as the supply chain has become a major limiting factor, our factories have been below production capacity for several consecutive quarters, and this situation is likely to continue in 2022." In May, Tesla Masters said the U. S. economy may be in a recession, and the situation may further worsen, the recession may last for a year to 18 months.

In response to the news of Tesla's recent layoffs, some industry insiders pointed out that Musk's layoff plan has a certain side. Tesla has a large number of employees recruited in the American market, and the number of management posts has increased rapidly. Musk believes that the growth rate of enterprise efficiency is lower than that of employees, so it is necessary to take regulatory measures. From the perspective of future technology and product planning in China, it is still in a state of recruitment, and the purpose and process of their development are different, so Tesla will also increase investment in China. However, some people in the industry say that layoffs are not always a sign of improvement, but a symbol of a company's declining sales and business. Car companies usually conduct market research and product research and development two to three years or more in advance, and because Musk is pessimistic about the future global economic situation, it is possible to suspend some projects that are under development or research.

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