--- title: "As Crisis Deepens, Tesla Rescinds Job Offers to People Who’d Already Accepted Them" description: "Tesla's job slash is in full swing — and newer employees, including some who had yet to start accepted positions, seem to be bearing the brunt." date: "2022-06-27" modified: "2022-06-27" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-rescinds-accepted-job-offers" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "tesla layoffs" - "the digest" --- # As Crisis Deepens, Tesla Rescinds Job Offers to People Who’d Already Accepted Them ![Tesla's job slash is in full swing — and newer employees, including some who had yet to start accepted positions, seem to be bearing the brunt.]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## Blind Side After announcing at the beginning of the month that the company would be [cutting 10 percent of its workforce]() due to CEO Elon Musks's "[bad feeling]()" about the economy, Tesla's job slash is in full swing. [According to *Insider*]()*,* many newer employees — including workers who had not even begun their newly-accepted positions just yet — are bearing the brunt of the mass layoffs. "Damn, talk about a gut punch," wrote Iain Abshier, a brand-new Tesla recruiter, [in a LinkedIn post]() last week. "Friday afternoon I was included in the Tesla layoffs after just two weeks of work." It's worth noting that these cuts come amid a [recall investigation]() into Tesla's [controversial Autopilot technology](), not to mention reports of [widespread braking issues]() and the CEO's [recent lament over supply chain]() issues — leaving Tesla's long term viability more ambiguous than it's been in years, with the brunt of the consequences coming down on the company's labor force. ## Chaos and Confusion Some folks have found themselves in extremely precarious positions. Data analyst Mansi Chandresha, for example, who had started at Tesla in February, [explained in another LinkedIn post]() that if she's unable to find a new job within the month, her student visa will expire. Another blindsided employee told *Insider* that Tesla also declined to share firing metrics. "They said that layoffs were based on performance reviews but that is not true in my opinion because I had only been at Tesla for a few months and had yet to have performance goals set or a performance review," alleged the now-former manager. "I asked what metrics they used and they refused to tell me." Two former employees, both workers at Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory, have even [filed a suit]() against the company, claiming that their sudden terminations violated federal law. Musk [described the case]() as a "small lawsuit of minor consequence." In [an email obtained by *CNBC*]() last week, Musk also remarked that these layoffs, which he says will only decrease the Tesla's overall workforce by around 3.5 percent, are "not super material." We're sure those who have unexpectedly found themselves jobless, however, have different feelings about that. **Read M0re:** [*Tesla is laying off workers who only just started and withdrawing employment offers as Elon Musk's job cuts begin*]() \[Insider\] **More on Tesla money-making (or losing):** [*Tesla Brings Back Enhanced Autopilot, in Clever Scheme to Extract Even More Money from Drivers*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()