Tesla cancels three recruitments in China, previously reported lack of talent

Tesla Inc has reportedly canceled three online recruiting events in China that were scheduled to take place this month.

Late on June 9, a WeChat notification showed that Tesla had canceled three recruitment events for sales, R&D and supply chain positions that had been scheduled for June 16, 23 and 30, without specifying. reason.Meanwhile, the announcement of the June 9 recruitment event for "smart manufacturing" positions is currently unavailable, and it is unclear whether it has been held as planned.

It is worth mentioning that not long ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) said that the company was "overstaffed" in some areas and threatened to lay off employees. At that time, the proportion of layoffs disclosed was 10%.

It then said in an email to employees on Friday that Tesla would only cut 10% of its salaried employees because of overstaffing in many areas, but that the number of hourly workers would increase.News of the layoffs sent Tesla shares tumbling 9.2% on Friday.

As of the end of 2021, Tesla had 99,290 employees worldwide, according to its annual financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February.

According to this data, the number of layoffs is nearly 10,000.

A relevant person close to Tesla China revealed that there has been no news of layoffs, and a large-scale recruitment has been carried out not long ago."Tesla China has very strict recruitment, and there is still a shortage of talents."

According to previous reports from Jiemian News, every Thursday in June at 7:00 pm, Tesla China has arranged live job fairs.Areas covered include sales delivery, R&D and supply chain.Tesla has more than 230 job openings in all three areas.