--- title: "Elon Musk Slams Tesla With Fresh Round of Layoffs" description: "Tesla is reportedly laying off hundreds more staffers, including senior executives after already letting go ten percent of its workforce." date: "2024-04-30" modified: "2024-04-30" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-slams-tesla-layoffs" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Slams Tesla With Fresh Round of Layoffs ![Tesla is reportedly laying off hundreds more staffers, including senior executives after already letting go ten percent of its workforce.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## You're Fired Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't done laying off workers at his embattled EV company. In an email [obtained by *Electrek*](), Musk said he wanted Tesla to be "absolutely hard core" about layoffs, with executives whose subordinates "don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test" also now on the chopping block. As a result, the company is reportedly laying off hundreds more staff, including senior executives. The carmaker's already reeling from a headcount reduction of more than ten percent earlier this month. Multiple [top Tesla executives have resigned]() as well, leaving massive gaps in the company's leadership. And now many of their teams are also being let go, with [rumors suggesting]() the total number of workers affected by the layoffs could amount to around 20 percent of Tesla's total headcount. The company's already in for a "[nightmare" year](), with year-over-year sales dropping precipitously. Its rapidly shrinking workforce likely won't help that situation in the short run, apart from slowing down the company's spending. ## Head Winds Then there are ongoing investigations into the company's controversial self-driving software, a [disastrous rollout]() of the Cybertruck, [reports]() that the company was abandoning a cheaper next-gen vehicle in favor of a robotaxi (which were later partially [challenged by the company]()), and Musk's [bizarre political outbursts]() that are actively [turning off Tesla's core buyers](). Apart from self-inflicted wounds and a lack of coherent leadership, Tesla is also facing a massive influx of cheaper competition, particularly from China, and a downturn in the demand for EVs overall. The latest layoffs will hit the company's rollout of its Supercharger network particularly hard. Senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci is leaving the company this week, alongside her 500-person-strong team. Musk, however, maintains that Tesla will still build out its existing Supercharger network. With its reputation in the gutter and a dire financial outlook, Tesla likely hasn't hit rock bottom quite yet. But how Musk and the rest of the company will respond once it does will determine whether it can keep up with the competition that has long caught up with it. **More on Tesla:** *[Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept in His Car by Firing Him]()* ## 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]()