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Elon Musk Says He’s Cutting Ten Percent of Tesla’s Workforce Because He Has a “Bad Feeling”

The company is pausing "all hiring worldwide."Super BadTesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to cut ten percent of Tesla staff and freeze hiring worldwide because he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy, according to an email sent to executives and obtained by Reuters.Tesla shares dropped by almost three percent in premarket trading today, according to the report.Unsurprisingly, Musk did not elaborate on his rationale. But it's indicative of his larger concerns about an imminent economic downturn, which could put his car…

Tesla to ‘pause hiring,’ cut 10% of staff due to ‘bad feeling about economy’

Elon Musk has reportedly asked Tesla executives to “pause all hiring worldwide” and cut about 10% of the staff due to what he called a “bad feeling about the economy.” Earlier this week, we reported on Elon Musk asking all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit. Many people suspected that this was a wave of layoffs in disguise since Musk had to know a certain percentage of remote workers wouldn’t want to come back to the office. Now he apparently confirmed it in an email to Tesla executives obtained by…

Tesla to Cut Staff 10% as Musk Says He Has ‘Super Bad Feeling’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic (Getty Images)Tesla will cut its workforce by about 10% because CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the future of the economy, according to a new report from Reuters. The news agency cites an internal memo that was reportedly sent to Tesla executives and noted the electric car company would be pausing all hiring across the globe. The news about Tesla’s impending

Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan…

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding — One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building. Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding …

Stop feeling the pressure to learn every new technology — do this instead

This article was originally published on .cult by Neil Green. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. It’s a waste of time to try to learn every new technology. Instead, focus on learning how to learn. The tech industry thrives on the insecurity of software developers. The less a software developer…

The Market Is Melting Down and People Are Feeling It. ‘My Stomach Is Churning All Day’

The last time Todd Jones heard this kind of panic in his clients’ voices, it was 2008 and the global financial system was on the brink of collapse.Mr. Jones, the chief investment officer at investment advisory firm Gratus Capital in Atlanta, now finds himself fielding similar calls. Two clients, both retirees, asked him this month to move their portfolios entirely to cash. Mr. Jones persuaded them to stay the course, saying the best way for investors to achieve their goals is to still be…

That feeling you get when listening to sad music? It’s humanity

Susan Cain prefers to poke around the less-examined corners of can-do America. In 2012 she published "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," which became a phenomenon and made the congenitally less chatty among us fashionable and even cool. The 1993 Harvard Law School graduate's new book, "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Can Make Us Whole," has become a New York Times bestseller. The Gazette spoke with Cain about how…

Feeling of Alienation Began in 1986, Not 2014

In her book, 'Mothering A Muslim', Nazia Erum talks about battling the only identity granted to her, but Arif Mohammad Khan says that it's not "others" who granted that identity. Khan, who reviewed the book for News18.com, claims that All India Muslim Personal Law Board's role in the Shah Bano case in 1986 changed the situation. The book is a moving narration of the concerns and anxieties of a young Indian Muslim mother, who on one hand tries to protect her child from the baneful effects of communal hate speech and…

Once more with feeling: why time loop stories keep coming back | Books

‘If you die, what’s the plan for the next life?” This is the question posed in the opening scene of the recent BBC adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s 2013 novel Life After Life, in which the protagonist, Ursula, repeatedly dies and starts over from birth. It’s a fascinating idea: what would you do differently, and what would remain the same? It is one explored in another hit TV show that has just returned for a second season, Russian Doll, the first season of which saw the main character, Nadia, return endlessly to the night…

Feeling certain about the future can predict poor information-seeking and antisocial behaviors

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Those who feel certain about what the future of the COVID-19 pandemic would entail are more likely to both ignore medical experts and to adhere to conspiracy theories, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Its results also show those who were certain about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election were more likely to contend that it was rigged.…