Elon Musk confirms Tesla cutting salaried workforce by 10% over next 3 months
Elon Musk confirms Tesla cutting salaried workforce by 10% over next 3 months
$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the electric vehicle maker is reducing the salaried workforce by 10% over the next three months, for the first time confirming a timeline for the reduction, adding that he expects the company's hourly workforce to grow instead.
$特斯拉(TSLA.US)$首席执行官埃隆·马斯克周二表示，这家电动汽车制造商将在未来三个月内裁员10%，首次确认了裁员的时间表，并补充说，他预计公司的小时工人数将会增加。
What Happened: The billionaire entrepreneur said that Tesla's overall immediate headcount will be lower by 3% to 3.5% in the near term but it will be higher in about a year's time.
发生的事情：这位亿万富翁企业家表示，特斯拉目前的员工总数在短期内将减少3%至3.5%，但大约一年后会更高。
A year from now, I think our headcount will be higher both in salaried and hourly" workers, but for now the headcount reduction will be "3% to 3.5%.
- Musk, participating virtually, told Bloomberg at the Qatar Economic Forumbeing held in Doha.
一年后，我认为我们的受薪和小时工人数将会增加，但目前的裁员人数将为3%至3.5%。
-马斯克虚拟参与，在会议上告诉彭博社卡塔尔经济论坛在多哈举行。
The world's richest person explained that Tesla grew very fast on the "salaried side" and a little too fast in some areas. "We expect to grow our hourly workforce."
这位全球首富解释称，特斯拉在“工薪阶层”的增长非常快，在某些领域增长得有点过快。“我们希望增加我们的小时工队伍。”
Why It Matters: Earlier this month, Musk had said that he wanted to cut 10% of jobs at Tesla, although he later clarified that "total headcount will increase, but salaried should be fairly flat."
为什么这很重要：本月早些时候，马斯克曾表示，他希望在特斯拉裁员10%，尽管他后来澄清说，“员工总数将会增加，但薪水应该相当持平。”
The 50-year-old CEO had reportedly told employees that Tesla is to "pause all hiring worldwide" and suggested he had a "super bad feeling" about the economy.
据报道，这位50岁的首席执行官曾告诉员工，特斯拉将“暂停全球范围内的所有招聘”，并暗示他对经济有一种“超级糟糕的感觉”。
Price Action: Tesla closed 1.7% higher at $650.3 on Friday.
价格行动：特斯拉周五收高1.7%，报650.3美元。