Tesla’s China hiring event to happen despite Musk’s job warning

Tesla’s online hiring event in China on is set to go on. Tesla also added two dozen new job postings for China.

A week earlier, Elon Musk threatened job cuts at the electric car maker. Elon Musk had claimed Tesla was “overstaffed” in some areas.

Tesla plans to hold the event online starting from 7 p.m. Shanghai time (1100 GMT).

Tesla is looking to recruit staff for “smart manufacturing” roles, an online post said.

Tesla has 224 current openings in China for managers and engineers under that category, according to a separate post on its WeChat account.

Tesla regularly holds such hiring events online in China, with the latest one held in May for summer interns.

Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, said in an email last week that he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy and needed to cut 10% of staff at the electric car maker.

The email was titled “pause all hiring worldwide”.

In another email, Musk said Tesla would reduce salaried headcount by 10%, as it has become “overstaffed in many areas” but added that “hourly headcount will increase”.

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