--- title: "Elon Musk Just Fired Yet Another Round of Tesla Workers" description: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk still isn't done making cuts to the EV maker's workforce. The company sent out further layoff notices over the weekend." date: "2024-05-06" modified: "2024-05-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-fires-more-tesla-workers" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Just Fired Yet Another Round of Tesla Workers ![Tesla CEO Elon Musk still isn't done making cuts to the EV maker's workforce. The company sent out further layoff notices over the weekend.]() *\Image: Anna Webber/Variety via Getty Images\* ## Here's Johnny Tesla CEO Elon Musk still isn't done making cuts to the EV maker's workforce. After weeks of brutal layoffs, the company has sent out yet another round of notices over the weekend, [*Business Insider* reports](), showing that Tesla's existing staff is still on the chopping block. That's after Musk slammed the company with [two rounds]() of brutal layoffs over the last four weeks, which had already affected an estimated 20 percent of the workforce. Now even more workers are being let go, with many posting about their severance on social media, per the report. "After watching my team gradually slimmed down week after week since mid-April, I received the dreaded 'Hello Employee' email this Sunday afternoon," one Tesla worker wrote in an update on LinkedIn, as quoted by *BI*. ## The Other Shoe Morale must be at rock bottom now that entire departments have been vaporized under Musk's leadership. "I keep waiting for Elon to send another email and tell us they're finally done firing people," one worker, who requested to stay anonymous, told *BI*. "We need some level of closure or a sign that we can stop worrying about losing our jobs." Last week, news emerged that Musk [had laid off]() senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci, alongside her 500-person-strong team. The dissolution of the Tesla's Supercharger team couldn't have come at a worse time, given the company's charging standard is being adopted by a lengthy list of other carmakers in North America. Many buyers [also voiced their discontent](), citing Superchargers as the main reason they bought a Tesla in the first place. Several [other]() [key executives]() have also since left the company. Tesla is already in for a potentially [disastrous financial year](): sales are down and the company's reputation has tanked, in large part due to the CEO's own behavior. Meanwhile, Tesla's competitors are [rapidly catching up](). In his email to executives last week, [Musk warned]() that they had to become "absolutely hard core about headcount." Musk already had a reputation for [cracking the whip at Tesla]() — and with a greatly reduced headcount, those who remain at the company will likely have an even tougher job in the months ahead. **More on Tesla:** *[Quaint Island Village Disgusted When Cybertruck Visits, Parks Blocking Entire Crosswalk, Then Gets Stuck on Beach]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()