{"id":73239,"date":"2024-06-11T03:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=73239"},"modified":"2024-06-11T03:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:14:53","slug":"tesla-restarts-hiring-beyond-ai-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=73239","title":{"rendered":"Tesla restarts hiring beyond AI and robotics in a big way"},"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 fully restarted its hiring effort beyond AI and robotics in a big way after a hiring freeze amid several waves of layoffs throughout the entire organization.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-367059\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/05\/01\/elon-musk-throwing-weight-tesla-wrecking-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk came into Tesla like a wrecking ball<\/a> earlier this quarter and fired an estimated 15-20% of Tesla\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said Musk had greatly reduced his involvement at Tesla over the last year, but the CEO reasserted himself amid a proxy battle over his CEO compensation plan that was rescinded by a judge earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Musk fired many of Tesla\u2019s top executives, and others left.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\" readability=\"5.6580310880829\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6580310880829\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla&#8217;s &#8216;deep bench strenght&#8217; took a bit hit in just a year.<\/p>\n<p>Elon said there were too many people on stage. He meant it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qvAiwBP0F4\">pic.twitter.com\/qvAiwBP0F4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fred Lambert (@FredericLambert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredericLambert\/status\/1785753228103012454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>With these layoffs, Tesla effectively put in place a hiring freeze.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, we reported on Tesla restarting to hire, but <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/05\/23\/tesla-ends-hiring-freeze-only-for-one-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only for the \u201cAI and robotics\u201d department.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hiring freeze now seems to be officially over in the US as Tesla has posted hundreds of new positions across several departments \u2013 but mainly service and sales:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure 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https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-11-at-8.16.54\u202fAM.jpg?resize=140,96 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\"\/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Enlarge image\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"context.imageButtonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"context.imageButtonTop\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s layoffs have affected its service, sales, and delivery departments despite 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