Tesla reportedly doesn’t have enough desks after Musk threatens to fire remote employees
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#60TAB)
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images After Tesla CEO Elon Musk commanded remote employees to return to work or else lose their jobs, the company was reportedly ill-prepared to welcome back its workers. According to a report from The Information, employees arrived at Tesla's Fremont, California facility only to find a lack of parking spots, no desk to sit at, and crappy Wi-Fi (where's Starlink when you need it?).
Musk clearly didn't think this one through.
Tesla's headcount has doubled since 2019, The Information notes, now sitting at 99,210 people. Earlier this month, Musk cited excess hiring and a super bad feeling" about the economy as reasons for a hiring freeze and company-wide layoffs that reportedly includes both salaried and hourly workers.
Salaried workers make up...