10% of the company's staff is being laid off.
It's cutting between 3% and 3.5% of its workforce, according to the CEO.
Musk's messages around the cuts have been hard to understand.
During an interview on Tuesday, Musk said how many of its workers would be cut.
Musk's messages on how the company is carrying out the cuts has been confusing.
In an email obtained by the news agency, Musk said he wanted to cut 10% of the company's workforce because of his bad feelings about the economy.
He later said that the total headcount would increase but the salary would not.
Musk was asked to clarify exactly what proportion of the workforce he expects to lay off.
Musk said that there would be a reduction in the workforce over the next three months.
He said they expected to grow their hourly workforce.
He said that it needed to be reduced because they grew a little too fast in some places.
Musk said that the majority of the workers at the company are hourly.
According to Musk, a 10% reduction in the workforce is only a 3% to 3.5% reduction.
Two former employees of Musk's company have filed a lawsuit against him.
The former employees accused the company of breaking the law by laying off hundreds of employees on short notice. The pair say this was against the law.
Musk said the suit had no standing.
Musk said that the lawsuit had no consequences.
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