{"id":72571,"date":"2024-05-23T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72571"},"modified":"2024-05-23T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T15:47:31","slug":"tesla-ends-hiring-freeze-only-for-one-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72571","title":{"rendered":"Tesla ends hiring freeze, but only for one department"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1600\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/tesla-hero-tsla-3.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"tesla (TSLA)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/tesla-hero-tsla-3.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/tesla-hero-tsla-3.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/tesla-hero-tsla-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/tesla-hero-tsla-3.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Tesla has evidently ended its hiring freeze that started last month with a series of layoffs, but it appears to be only for one department.<\/p>\n<p>I bet you can guess which one.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-364763\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over the past month, Elon Musk initiated significant layoffs across Tesla\u2019s entire organization. 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Canceled two vehicle programs, fired the whole Supercharger team, even though that was more about sending a message to other executives rather than any major change of plan regarding charging, and now Tesla is restarting its hiring effort with AI.<\/p>\n<p>For better or worse, this seems to be in line with that.<\/p>\n<p>Elon shifted some of Tesla\u2019s resources meant for the cheaper $25,000 car to the Robotaxi, which is going to be unveiled in August, but as wild as it sounds, Tesla still needs to solve self-driving for this vehicle program to be worth anything.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\" readability=\"6.3518518518519\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49jT8nR\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-361841\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Electrek-banner-750x150-C.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla has evidently ended its hiring freeze that started last month with a series of layoffs, but it appears to be only for one department. 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