Musk said last month that he was cutting 10% of the company's workforce because of his bad feelings about the economy.
The details of what it was like to be laid off in the chaos are not pretty.
A whiplash personnel decision that shows how erratic the last couple of months have been for the electric car company was made when an employee was fired for just three months.
Despite the company being unprepared for the influx of workers, Musk cracked the whip and forced full-time employees to return to work.
"I recall the scene from The Wolf of Wall Street when the company gets dissolved and everyone is crying," the anonymous employee wrote.
On the same day that the essay was published, the head of the company's artificial intelligence department said he was leaving.
Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple are all trying to get ex-Tesla workers.
The former IT worker noticed more and more flags. There were people walking out of the main entrance. People were crying in the lobby, and I wondered what they were crying about.
They recalled that last week, Musk sent out an email saying he was going to cut 10% of his staff.
The employee was told by their manager that they were going to be let go and escorted out of the building.
A few people were crying when I got to the lobby. I saw through the windows that there were more people in the meeting rooms holding tissues and wiping their tears away.
The employee said that he really liked Musk.
They said they wanted him to listen more.
I lost my job atTesla. I wish I'd noticed it on the day. TheInsider
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