As Tesla layoffs continue, here are 600 jobs the company cut in California
As part of Tesla's massive restructuring, the electric-vehicle maker notified the California Employment Development Department this week that it's cutting approximately 600 more employees at its manufacturing facilities and engineering offices between Fremont and Palo Alto.
The latest round of layoffs eliminated roles across the board — from entry-level positions to directors — and hit an array of departments, impacting factory workers, software developers and robotics engineers.
The cuts were reported in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act filing that CNBC obtained through a public records request.
Facing both weakening demand for Tesla electric vehicles and increased competition, the company has been slashing its headcount since at least January. CEO Elon Musk told employees in a memo in April that the company would cut more than 10% of its global workforce, which totaled 140,473 employees at the end of 2023.
Previous filings revealed that Tesla would cut more than 6,300 jobs across California; Austin, Texas; and Buffalo, New York.
Musk said on Tesla's quarterly earnings call on April 23 that the company had built up a 25% to 30% "inefficiency" over the past several years, implying the layoffs underway could impact tens of thousands more employees than the 10% number would suggest.
According to the WARN filing, the 378 job cuts in Fremont, home to Tesla's first U.S. manufacturing plant, included people involved in staffing and running vehicle assembly. There were 65 cuts at the company's Kato Rd. battery development center.
Tesla didn't respond to a request for comment.
Among the highest-level roles eliminated in Fremont were an environmental health and safety director and a user experience design