Tesla employees who started working just months or even weeks ago have been laid off, while others
One of the senior staff who startedonly work earlier this year, told Business Insider that he was shocked when he was told he was being fired. As a manager, he was confident that his position was secure.
According to him, layoffs occur “on the basisperformance appraisals, but in my opinion this is not true because I have only worked at Tesla for a few months and I have not yet had any goals set or performance appraisals. I asked what metrics they use, but they refused to tell me."
Ian Abshire, who was part of the recruiting team, wrote that he was fired after just two weeks on the job.
In early June, Musk told Tesla executivessuspend hiring because he has "a very bad feeling" relative to the economy and it is necessary to reduce 10% of the company's personnel.