Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared the latest stats on how many direct and indirect jobs the electric automaker supports.
Musk said on Tuesday morning, “Tesla is now over [110,000] direct jobs and roughly [500,000] indirect, factoring in suppliers.”
Tesla is now over 110k direct jobs and roughly 500k indirect, factoring in suppliers
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 3, 2022
He was responding to a discussion regarding Tesla and Elon Musk by critic Pam Keith.
Dear America:
STOP buying Teslas
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) May 1, 2022
I own a Lexus Hybrid. I have enjoyed driving it. I feel no need to convince anyone else on the planet to buy the car I have.
That makes me normal.
Tesla stans are NOT NORMAL.
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) May 3, 2022
Have y’all noticed that the ONLY car “owners” who act like personal hype-men for their vehicles, and bombard this platform with exuberant sales pitches, are Tesla “owners?”
Their like MAGA for a car. Which is proof positive that the car actually SUCKS!
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) May 3, 2022
As of December 31, 2021, Tesla had 99,290 employees that were full-time and also including its subsidiaries’ employees worldwide, as per the company’s latest 10-K filing with the SEC.
Based on the latest stat from Musk today, Tesla has increased its employee count by over 10,000 in less than five months, likely assisted by its new factories in Austin, Texas, and Berlin, Germany.
Tesla today confirmed it would be building another Gigafactory in Shanghai, near its original location, that would produce Model 3 and Model Y with an annual capacity of 450,000 cars.
