Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the total headcount of his electric-car company will increase, a day after saying that 10 percent of its salaried staff would be cut.
“Total headcount will increase, but salaried should be fairly flat,” Musk wrote on Twitter on June 4, in response to a tweet that predicted Tesla’s headcount would increase “over the next 12 months.”
His latest comment appears to backtrack on previous statements. In an email seen by Reuters, Musk told executives on June 2 that he had a “super bad feeling” about the U.S. economy and told them to “pause all hiring worldwide.” He added that the company would need to cut 10 percent of its workforce….