Weeks after the bombshell news that Elon Musk quit the entire Tesla supercharger overnightseveral executives and team members are said to be being asked to return to the company.
Musk is said to have brought back director of tariffs for North America Max de Zegher, one of 500 employees let go, according to Bloombergwhich cited people familiar with the matter.
The media did not specify how many employees had been asked to return to work, but noted that there were more than one.
For de Zegher's LinkedInhis position is still listed as “Director – Charger, North America at Tesla,” a position he's held for nearly two years.
Last month's vacation left a lot employees “shocked” when told their positions were untenable.
“In the middle of the night, I learned, along with all of my Tesla Global Charging colleagues, that Tesla Charging org is no more,” Lane Chaplin, Tesla's former head of real estate in North America. has written IN LinkedIn in that time. “Thank you to everyone who has already contacted me. Your friendship in good times and bad is truly appreciated.”
Musk apparently addressed the layoffs via X, noting then that Tesla still planned to grow its Supercharger network, albeit at a “slower” pace than originally expected.
Tesla still plans to grow the Supercharger network, just at a slower pace for new locations and more focus on 100% uptime and expansion of existing locations
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 30, 2024
The Tesla employee was sleeping in his car before he was fired
Elon Musk is known for promoting a “hard-core” job. cultureand employees have gone to great lengths to comply – some have even slept under their desks when Musk took over Twitter.
A former employee, Nico Murillo, recently went viral on LinkedIn for sharing his story of sleeping in his parking lot to avoid a ride before being fired.
“At one point in 2023, I was even sacrificing sleeping in my car on weekdays just to avoid commuting. Showering at the factory and sleeping in the parking lot. Microwave dinner in the break room,” former Production Supervisor of Tesla has written. “He has sacrificed a lot for the company. But this is only a small part of a chapter that is ending and there is a whole book waiting to be written.”
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Tesla reported a 9% quarterly revenue decline during its Q1 2024 earnings call last month, the biggest drop the company has seen since 2012.
Earlier this month, college students reported that the electric vehicle company revoked their offers for summer internships just weeks before they were scheduled to begin without explanation.
Tesla it was upstairs just 3% year over year as of Monday afternoon.