{"id":278242,"date":"2024-04-15T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=330201"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:43:05","slug":"tesla-bubble-bursts-they-just-announced-that-they-are-laying-off-over-14000-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tesla-bubble-bursts-they-just-announced-that-they-are-laying-off-over-14000-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla bubble bursts: they just announced that they are laying off over 14,000 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks after reporting its first year-on-year decline in vehicle deliveries since 2020, <strong>Tesla now plans to lay off more than 10% of its global workforce<\/strong>, according to an internal company email seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/04\/15\/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Electrek\">Electrek<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Tesla\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/262b48d4-1f8c-4192-ab9c-5f091bbf37bc\/646870950\/tesla-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Tesla<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those wondering how many people are affected, 10% of Tesla&#8217;s workforce, <strong>the number is likely to scare more than one person.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And that represents at least 14,000 out of the 140,473 employees that Tesla reported in its latest annual results<\/strong>. It is not clear which Tesla teams will be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla lays off &#39;more than 10%&#39; of its global workforce <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oyg9nka02A\">https:\/\/t.co\/oyg9nka02A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Electrek.co (@ElectrekCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectrekCo\/status\/1779805829316714910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elon Musk says that layoffs are good&#8230; for him<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There is nothing I hate more, but it has to be done,&#8221; said Elon Musk, in the email published by Electrek. &#8220;This will allow us to be lean, innovative, and hungry for the next growth phase cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today&#8217;s news is the latest in a series of bad news for the electric vehicle manufacturer.<\/strong> The company failed to meet delivery estimates before presenting its quarterly results on April 23, and in January announced a slowdown in sales growth, which it attributed to manufacturing issues with its next generation of vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-what-we-know-about-the-new-car-that-tesla-is-designing-for-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tesla has also abandoned its plans to produce an affordable Model 2 that would cost around $25,000 to focus on a new robotaxi\">Tesla has also abandoned its plans to produce an affordable Model 2 that would cost around $25,000 to focus on a new robotaxi<\/a>. The company is facing increasing pressure from declining demand and more affordable electric vehicles manufactured in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, <strong>Tesla lost the title of the world&#8217;s leading electric vehicle manufacturer to the Chinese company BYD<\/strong>, which produced 3.02 million electric vehicles compared to Tesla&#8217;s 1.81 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That represents at least 14,000 out of the 140,473 employees that Tesla reported in its latest annual results. 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