Most of Tesla's layoffs go to Apple, Google and Amazon

On July 7, Gasgoo reported that as of June 30, the website Punks & Pinstripes tracked LinkedIn data on more than 450 employees who had left Tesla in the past 90 days.Big tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Google have hired dozens of former Tesla employees, the data shows.

Many former Tesla employees have moved to work at other electric car companies.90 former Tesla employees have joinedelectric carmakers Rivian and Lucid Motors, according to LinkedIn data.Meanwhile, only eight employees have jumped to more traditional automakers, including General Motors and Ford.Others have joined industry startups such as electric vehicle battery recycling company Redwood Materials and Amazon-backed self-driving company Zoox.

More than 100 former Tesla employees have joined Amazon and Apple.It is reported that Apple has hired top talent from Tesla.Last year, Apple poached Christopher Moore, Tesla's former head of Autopilot software.

Earlier, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla will lay off 3.5% of its overall workforce.Reports say the layoffs at Tesla began within days of Musk's announcement.Musk said before making the decision that he had a hunch that the U.S. economy was "very bad."

Recruiters at top tech companies seem very interested in Tesla talent.Some Tesla employees may want to leave the company after Musk told them to either return to the office or leave.Then, recruiters from Amazon and Microsoft called the Tesla employees who wanted to leave.Zafar Choudhury, head of recruiting at Amazon Web Services (AWS), even wrote on LinkedIn, "If the Emperor of Mars (referring to Musk) doesn't want you, I welcome you to #AWS."