Tesla's layoffs week continues with recruiters the latest to lose their jobs
Tesla told some of its recruiters on Friday they'd been laid off, sources told BI.
Elon Musk announced a more than 10% head-count reduction on Sunday night.
Many Tesla staff learned they'd been laid off shortly after. More were notified on Friday.
Tesla layoffs hit its recruiting staff on Friday.
Three former Tesla workers confirmed to Business Insider that they had been informed of layoffs via a call on Friday morning. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on Tesla's behalf. Former company recruiters have written on LinkedIn that they were notified their jobs had been impacted on Friday.
It's unclear how many employees were affected by this round of layoffs.
These layoffs have come after Tesla said Sunday it was letting go of more than 10% of its workforce and notified its first round of impacted US employees that same night.
CEO Elon Musk said in a companywide email on Sunday that there had been a "duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas" due to the company's rapid growth. The billionaire notoriously cut X's workforce in half shortly after buying the social-media company.
The same day Tesla announced its initial round of cuts, at least two executives said on X they had resigned from the company: Drew Baglino, its senior vice president of electrical engineering, and Rohan Patel, its vice president of public policy and business development.
The job cuts come as Tesla is facing slower demand for its electric cars, with the company's stock down over 35% year to date. Tesla will post its next earnings report on Tuesday.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the layoffs.
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