New York, May 8: Elon Musk's Tesla announced it would lay off 10% of its employees in mid-April this year. The announcement felt like a one-time layoff at Tesla; however, the company continued cutting more roles from multiple departments amid the the company's slow sales and competitors' price wars in the EV industry. The Tesla layoffs had been making headlines for weeks, and recently, a report said that Elon Musk's EV company cancelled an Indian student's summer internship amid the ongoing job cuts. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently laid off senior people from the company by sending emails. Recent job cuts at the company affected the software, Supercharger, recruitment, and marketing teams. As per reports, Tesla's global workforce before 10% layoffs included 1,40,000 employees. The company  let go of Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's head of EV charging and her team of 500 people. Further, the company laid off Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicle program at Tesla. Elon Musk-Run Tesla Revokes Indian Student’s Summer Internship Amid Ongoing Layoffs, Says Report.

Tesla Layoffs 2024, Elon Musk's Company To Cut Remote Employees in NYC: 

Tesla Layoffs Email Notice Sent To More Employees: 

According to a report by India Times, Elon Musk sent an email to the employee who were getting laid off and said that he carefully reviewed the employee's permanent work restrictions and roles. He said he had determined that there was "no reasonable accommodation" that would enable the employees to perform the essential functions of their positions. He also added that the next step was AJS (Alternative Job Search), through which the company reviewed internal and external job boards to identify potential roles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in this email that the company would conclude the AJS process as the company could not identify any alternative position and confirmed starting the employees' separation from Tesla, effective May 3, 2024. Tesla Layoffs: Elon Musk-Run Automaker Announces Fresh Job Cuts in Engineering, Software and Services Departments.

According to a recent announcement on X by The Layoff Tracker (@WhatLayoffs), Tesla will let go of five remote employees at 1339 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY 14220, on August 1, 2024. The X account shared a WARN notice that said the reason for this Tesla layoff of remote employees was "economic". The notice was first issued on May 3, 2024. The Tesla notice said that the employees were not presented by a union.

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