Shortly before CEO Elon Musk surprisingly announced job cuts at Tesla in early June, he had – no less unexpectedly – ordered by internal email that every employee there spends at least 40 hours a week at their workplace must be found. Telework should only be possible for outstanding employees, he wrote, and a little later the announcement of fewer jobs at Tesla followed. The call back to the office was not well received either internally or externally, but it is obviously being followed. According to reports, however, it shows that Tesla is not at all prepared for so many employees present – but compliance with Musk’s specifications should still be monitored.
Tesla wants an explanation for the absence
The confusion that Musk’s recall to the office at Tesla is said to have caused was initially reported on Monday the publication The Information. According to the report, there was a lack of parking spaces and desks for returnees at the Fremont headquarters, and the WLAN coverage was said not to have been sufficient for the increased number of users. The lack of space was so pronounced that, contrary to Musk’s instructions, supervisors asked some team members to work remotely a few days a week.
But that could create new problems, like one Report from Business Insider emerges. On Wednesday, the publication spotted a post on the Blind website, which allows employees to speak out about their employers, about Tesla’s new presence controls. Has anyone else received this email? asked the member RFkM76and published a photo of an “automated notification” according to the text: For the past 30 days, it has not been determined that the recipient has entered Tesla buildings with the help of his access card on at least 16 days.
All employees would have to work full-time in the office again, the Mail reminds. There could be many reasons for the undetermined presence – illness, vacation and business trips are listed, but not technical problems. In any case, the addressee is asked to explain the reasons for his/her absence by email to his or her manager and to send a copy to [email protected].
The number of jobs will drop by at least 3,000
According to the report, neither RFkM76 nor other blind users who had commented on his post responded to inquiries from Business Insider. Initially, there were no further reports of automatic warning emails from Tesla. However, you can only register with the service with a company’s official email address, and a test mail from teslamag.de to [email protected] was at least not returned as undeliverable. So, despite the infrastructure overload in Fremont, Tesla does seem to be grasping how exactly Musk’s instruction to be present is being followed. The controls could even help solve the resulting space problems if they lead to more layoffs. Overall, according to information from last week, Musk wants the Reduce Tesla workforce by 3-3.5 percentso by probably at least 3000 people.