Comfortable Tesla workers may not be in the job market for long.
Big tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Google have acquired dozens of former Tesla talents, according to a report from Punks and pliers. The organization tracked the LinkedIn data of more than 450 Tesla employees who left the company in the past 90 days as of June 30.
A large number of workers have moved to work for other electric car companies. 90 former Tesla employees have joined electric car makers Rivian and Lucid Motors, according to LinkedIn data. Meanwhile, only eight of the departures have moved on to traditional automakers, including General Motors and Ford, Pinstripes & Punks said.
EV battery recycling company Redwood Materials and Amazon-backed self-driving company Zoox have also recalled some of the workers.
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The organization reported that more than 100 former Tesla employees have moved to Amazon and Apple. In the past, Apple hired Tesla’s best talent. In 2021, technology company to kidnap Christopher Moore, former director of Autopilot Programs at Tesla whispers From the Apple Car Project, codenamed Project Titan.
The LinkedIn data comes just a few weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company would cut up to 3.5% of its total workforce, including 10% of salaried employees. Insider’s Isobel Asher Hamilton previously reported that layoffs began within days of Musk’s announcement. The decision came after the billionaire warned that the United States was already in the middle of…
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This isn’t the first time that recruiters at major tech companies have shown interest in Tesla’s talent. In June, hiring officials at Amazon and Microsoft issued a call to Tesla employees who may be looking to leave the company after Musk asked employees to return to the office full time or resign.
“If the Emperor of Mars doesn’t want you, I’d be happy to bring you to #AWS,” Choudary wrote on LinkedIn, referring to Musk’s association with colonizing Mars.
It’s no surprise tech companies are eager to snatch former Tesla employees. Tesla has a high bar for its workers. At Tesla, Musk pushed for lofty goals and demanded excellence. CEO has He said Looking for candidates with first-hand experience and a practical test on a degree.
But the experts did warned The alarm about Musk’s return to the office could set off the talent drain.
Tesla employees have been affected by a series of changes since Musk issued his ultimatum. Last week, the Financial Times reported that workers were struggling to find offices and parking at Tesla’s Fremont plant because of Musk’s plans for workers to return to the office for 40 hours a week. Meanwhile, Insider was the first to report that employees who haven’t been back in the office for at least 16 days over the past month have received an automated email that monitors how often they earn a “badge” in the office.
Over the past few weeks, Musk has repeatedly expressed concerns about the company’s future. Last month, Tesla’s CEO warned that new Tesla plants in Austin, Texas and Berlin, Germany, were becoming “huge money furnaces.” On Monday, it was mentioned That Tesla sales fell nearly 18% between April and June.
The electric car maker isn’t the only tech company facing headwinds. On June 30, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said the social media company plans to cut hiring. Earlier in June, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto platform would lay off 18% of its total workforce. Microsoft, Apple and Amazon have it too slowing growth In some sectors as well.
