i just read that Tesla sent out a an email informing employees that they laid off the entire 500 employee Supercharger Network staff. Can anyone confirm this?
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Just seems insane with the ongoing expansion.I heard about it here. Not that Elecktrek has a perfect journalistic record, but they're better than Jalopnik at least......
Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team
The newest round includes Tesla's policy team, director of new products, and the entire group responsible for Supercharger rollout.electrek.co
If it's true, it's proof positive that Musk needs to be replaced as CEO. Pause hiring, cut some chaff, cull some bad apples sure. Axe a core competency and brand differentiator that's essential to your long term mission? Absolute idiocy.
The Supercharger team should be rewarded for building out the best charge network in the world, bare none.i just read that Tesla sent out a an email informing employees that they laid off the entire 500 employee Supercharger Network staff. Can anyone confirm this?
Two Tesla execs to leave amid Musk's "hardcore" cost and workforce reduction: reportIt would not just be the executives who would be leaving the company, as the report also claimed that Tinucci and Ho’s teams would be affected by Musk’s workforce reduction. As noted by Reuters, these reportedly include the 500 workers who work in the Tesla Supercharger team. Tesla’s public policy team, which was previously led by former executive Rohan Patel, will reportedly be cut as well.
Not sure but I have been following the construction of several Superchargers in various cities and noticed several has been completed for months but have not opened. Not sure what the heck was going on with those location but this news may have something to do with it.I wonder if this is the same strategy he used at Twitter? Lay off everybody, figure out who was actually doing work and then hire them back?
A lot of delays are due to problems on the power company side. It's also not clear if this division included the technicians that actually commission the sites.Not sure but I have been following the construction of several Superchargers in various cities and noticed several has been completed for months but have not opened. Not sure what the heck was going on with those location but this news may have something to do with it.
That makes it sound like it's not the whole team. Maybe it's one of several teams? It makes zero sense to fire all staff, as even if they build zero new stations, they still need people to maintain them.The Supercharger team should be rewarded for building out the best charge network in the world, bare none.
This from Teslarati.
Two Tesla execs to leave amid Musk's "hardcore" cost and workforce reduction: report
To be fair, most service centers I've personally experienced (several) over the years would benefit from a pushing down of the little silver handle and starting with a fresh bowl of water. Massive cuts don't always spell negative things on the horizon. Quite the opposite, actually.This all sounds kinda like the dumb crap my employer pulled in 2019 and 2020, laying off huge swaths of employees and even entire groups in a panicked knee-jerk reaction to not meeting quarterly numbers. Then a few months later it was "oh crap why did we do that?".
I was just at the service center picking up a part yesterday and the guy at the counter said they'd just recently laid off half the staff and were hiring some new folks. I'm glad he survived because we've worked with him before, but dang...
That is what is being reported. And this is moronic. WHY would you fire the one department that has had nothing but a sterling reputation for customer service? This stinks of "they were making too much money, time to replace them with lower paid new hires".i just read that Tesla sent out a an email informing employees that they laid off the entire 500 employee Supercharger Network staff. Can anyone confirm this?
I would find any offer by BP to be highly suspect. The only reason for BP to buy Tesla's network would be to kill it off with neglect. Of course, this is what it looks like Musk just did.The only scenario where this makes any sense is if there is a buyer who didn't want the team as part of the deal. I don't think any of the major EV charging network operators have the cash or resources to make that work. But given BP's order for branded Supercharges, there might be a possibility. Okay, I guess the other possibility could be Elon is being Elong. Or, entirely possible so hear me out, rabid click bait sites are latching on to bits of data that are completely unconfirmed.