Tesla employees faced patchy Wi-Fi and struggled to find desks and parking lots when they returned to work at the office following orders from CEO Elon Musk.
Most tech companies are either following the hybrid work model or are still working completely remotely. Musk, however, wants his automaker employees to work at least 40 hours a week in the office. Those who fail to return risk losing their jobs, he warned in an internal email earlier this month.
“Tesla requires everyone to spend at least 40 hours in the office per week. Also, the office should be where your real colleagues are located, not a remote pseudo-office. If you don't show up, we Will accept your Resigned," he wrote.
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But the electric car maker is unprepared to face the influx of people returning to its site in Fremont, California. There were not enough desks for employees and some complained of poor Wi-Fi signal, which affected their ability to work. That's because the biz has hired many more people and adjusted its office space during the pandemic, leading to a shortage of desks and when everyone showed up to order, as reported.
Tesla's workforce reportedly doubled from 2019 to 2021, reaching 99,210 employees. Fremont is home to the company's largest factory, which employs over 20,000 people, and many more work nearby in the corporate offices. Parking spaces were scarce and spilled over to the nearest BART station. Managers allegedly advised employees not to come into the office five days a week as the company grappled with the new return-to-work policy.
The automaker, which recently dissolved its internal public relations department, did not respond immediately to The Register request for comment.
According to Reuters, Musk previously stated that Tesla would have to halt hiring and lay off 10% of its workforce due to a "super-bad feeling" about the economy as the US prepares to enter a recession amid rising inflation rates. According to Bloomberg, some newly hired employees were let go just weeks into their jobs.
Production of its semi-autonomous electric vehicles has slowed as a result of a factory closure in Shanghai, China, in April due to strict lockdown orders. Musk also sold $8.4 billion in Tesla stock that month in order to raise funds to buy Twitter. Tesla's stock price fell steadily in May and has yet to recover. As of this writing, it was down 0.32 percent.
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