After Tesla Inc. said it was laying off more than 10 percent of its workforce, CEO Elon Musk apologized to the employees being let go.
Not for putting them out of work, but that the company miscalculated some severance payouts.
“As we reorganize Tesla it has come to my attention that some severance packages are incorrectly low,” Musk said in a short email sent to employees on Wednesday and seen by Bloomberg News.
“My apologies for this mistake. It is being corrected immediately.”
Bloomberg was unable to confirm how many of the former employees received incorrect payouts.
The apology comes as Musk fights lawsuits from former Twitter employees over severance. One suit seeking class action status is demanding at least $500 million, and another, filed by a group of executives fired hours after Musk bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022, is asking for $128 million from the company, now called X.
Tesla is making its largest-ever reduction in jobs as it reduces vehicle prices amid slowing growth in demand for electric vehicle sales. Some employees learned that their job had been eliminated when they showed up for work and couldn’t get into the office.
“Tried to badge in, and the security guard took my badge and told me I was laid off,” Nico Murillo, who was a production supervisor, wrote on LinkedIn. “Sat in my car in disbelief.”
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Source: autonews.com