Elon Musk says Tesla needs to cut staff by 10%, pauses all hiring


Founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk. - REUTERS/James Glover II

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a "super bad feeling" about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives on Thursday seen by Reuters.

The message came two days after the world's richest man told employees to return to the workplace or leave the company.

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