Tesla to cut 14,000 jobs as Elon Musk bids to make it ‘lean, innovative and hungry'
Tesla is reportedly laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, equivalent to at least 14,000 roles.The electric carmaker’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said he had made “the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10% globally”, in a memo reported by the online publication Elektrek. Tesla employs 140,473 people, according to its annual report.Musk wrote that Tesla had grown rapidly in recent years and that as a result there had been “duplication of roles and job functions in certain ar ...