Tesla on Wednesday removed thousands of open positions in North America from its official careers page, reducing the electric car giant’s total number of open positions from 3,400 to just three.
As of Thursday, Elon Musk’s Austin, Texas-based auto company boasted just three positions on its website and LinkedIn job board. quartz Previously reported.
Their roles were to all join Tesla’s manufacturing team in one of the Texas locations. Fremont, California. or Sparks, Nevada — the automaker’s three major U.S. factory locations.
However, the full-time position was actually an internship program with employment opportunities at the end of the term.
The listing asks entry-level applicants to participate in a “manufacturing development program,” stating that “program participants complete a rigorous four- to six-week fellowship in the field of advanced manufacturing and, upon completion of the course, are assigned to Gigafactory Nevada. Demonstrate your skills and earn certification as a Manufacturing Associate.”According to the job description, you will earn your Production Operator Certification after 2,000 hours of on-the-job training.
Once you complete the program, you’ll have an “opportunity to transition to a full-time manufacturing associate” at a Tesla factory.
The list did not include coverage for the duration of the program, but said health care plans through Aetna that include dental and vision coverage will have options that include $0 payroll deductions.
These three intern positions are significantly different from Tesla’s 3,400 open positions in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Puerto Rico as of May 1, according to Quartz.
The apparent hiring freeze comes after a series of layoffs, including six executive departures that CEO Musk described as “hardcore.”
The automaker announced in April that it would cut more than 10% of its 140,000 employees, company officials said. bloomberg They expected more than 20,000 people could be asked to leave.
Tesla also recently disbanded its EV charging division, and as recently as Monday, technology publications reported that the company laid off staff in its software, services, and engineering divisions. Electreksaid a person familiar with the matter.
The company said in a notice last month that it would lay off more than 6,700 employees across its locations in Texas, California, Nevada and New York.
Last month, Tesla said it expected to record more than $350 million in costs in the second quarter due to mass layoffs. The layoffs included the departure of executives Drew Baglino, Rohan Patel, Rebecca Tinucci and Daniel Ho.
The company is under pressure from rising interest rates, slowing EV adoption, declining sales and intensifying price competition among automakers.
The company is considering focusing on its self-driving software, robotaxis and humanoid robot Optimus, and Musk may cut spending on certain teams to free up funding for those projects. say analysts.
Representatives for Tesla did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
