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Today, Tesla laid off staff on a large scale and went on a hot search again. Tesla closed an office in San Mateo, Calif., and laid off about 200 people, Reuters reported. It is understood that the main work of the staff of the office is to improve Tesla's driving assistance system Autopilot. So far, more than half of the employees have been told to be fired. According to local media reports, the closure of the office is due to the expiration of the lease, the laid-off employees will receive 60 days of wage compensation and will be asked to remain silent. However, Tesla has not yet responded to the report.

It is worth noting that since June when Tesla CEO Musk was revealed to have released an internal email entitled "suspension of Global recruitment", he said: "I have a very bad feeling about the economy." Tesla has been reporting layoffs since he said the company needed to cut 10 per cent of its staff and suspend global recruitment. In the United States, according to media reports, Tesla was sued by employees, saying that his massive layoffs violated federal law because the company did not provide advance notice of layoffs. Tesla was laid off in June at the Tesla factory in Nevada, which laid off more than 500 employees, according to the laid-off employees.

On June 10th, Tesla China cancelled three online recruitment events scheduled for June 16, 23 and 30 for an unexplained reason. It is understood that the three recruitment activities involved positions such as sales, R & D and supply chain. On June 13th, it was reported that Tesla had fired Christopher Bousigues, the Singapore-based regional manager. Meanwhile, in an internal memo from Tesla, Mr Musk asked "employees to redouble their efforts". Musk said the second quarter of 2022 was a "very difficult quarter" for Tesla because of supply chain shortages, so he called on employees to work harder to help the company get back on track. On June 24, it was revealed that Tesla China had implemented a layoff plan of about 10 per cent, but the layoff plan did not involve the manufacturing side. Many netizens revealed on the pulse social networking platform that colleagues they knew had been laid off, and some netizens exposed that the compensation plan was Never3, but some netizens pointed out that the compensation for Ninten3 varied from person to person, and some colleagues were directly persuaded to quit without compensation. A person familiar with the matter disclosed to the media: this is part of Tesla's global layoff plan. At present, in addition to manufacturing, many functional departments have laid off staff.

In addition, Tesla recently fired some new employees who only joined the company a few weeks or months ago, and withdrew job offers for some people who had planned to join the company, according to the Wall Street Journal's Chinese website. Many netizens also reported to the media that their ongoing recruitment in June had been suspended, and there was no news at present. A candidate involved in Tesla's recruitment told the media that there was no follow-up to his recruitment after Musk posted that he would lay off staff. A headhunter revealed to him that Tesla did suspend recruitment.

Why Tesla has been laying off staff frequently around the world since June may be related to the cost pressure caused by the shortage of the supply chain. At Tesla's 2021 shareholders' meeting in March this year, Musk pointed out that Tesla's supply chain is facing huge cost pressure. In addition, recently, due to the impact of the epidemic in Shanghai, Tesla's Shanghai factory has stopped production many times. Tesla's April sales were also hit hard. According to relevant data, Tesla sold 1512 vehicles in April, down 94.15% from the same period last year and 97.70% from the previous month. Although Tesla's sales in China rebounded in May, it will take some time to return to pre-epidemic levels. According to the latest data, Tesla sold 32165 vehicles wholesale in China in May, including 22340 for export and 9825 for domestic retail. Tesla sold a total of 215851 vehicles in China from January to May this year. For Tesla's delivery volume in the second quarter, it is expected that it will be lower than the first quarter, or there will be a month-on-month decline in delivery for the first time in more than two years.

Moreover, it also has something to do with Tesla CEO Musk's view of the "bad economy". Musk has repeatedly expressed concern about the future of the global economy, especially the outlook for the US economy. At the end of last year, Musk said on Twitter that if history can be used for reference, then most people will not be able to survive the next recession. the recession will come in the spring or summer of 2022 or no later than 2023 at the latest. On June 21, Tesla CEO Musk once again publicly said: the US economic recession is inevitable at some point. Tesla has decided to reduce the number of fully paid employees by 10% in the next three months, but hopes to increase some hourly temporary workers. The total number of employees will be reduced by 3% to 3.5%.

Recently, due to the impact of the epidemic and the supply chain, not only Tesla's Shanghai factory has been affected, Tesla's new car plants in Texas in the United States and Berlin in Germany have also been affected, making it difficult to increase production. Is facing "billions of dollars in losses." Musk also said in a recent interview with the media: "the factories in Berlin and Austin are now huge melting pot of money." They really seem to be making a loud roar, which is the sound of money burning. "

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