Even a Tesla employee who was so dedicated to his job that he slept in his car and showered at the factory was not spared from mass layoffs at the EV company.
Nico Murillo, 29, was informed he was let go from his employer of five years without warning last month.
The production supervisor at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory received an email as he was on his way to work Monday morning stating that his position was “eliminated by restructuring,” Murillo said in a post on LinkedIn.
In disbelief, Murillo continued driving to the factory but when he arrived and tried to swipe his badge, it didn’t work and the security guard took it from him. His work account was also deactivated.
“I got my badge, went to the turnstile, and then it didn’t work, and it turned red and started beeping, and I was like, ‘is this real’?” he told KTVU.
Tesla has slashed 3,400 job postings across North America –down to just 3