A cynical take, Tesla has a great financial position - albeit with an extreme P/E ratio. A few years of growth should absolve any need to reduce headcount, reducing headcount while under high growth may be counter productive.
My bet is that Elon decided that people need to go to the office, and simultaneously decided that the only way to make this happen was to announce headcount reductions and instill fear into managers, and employees alike. Most companies have been in a prisoners dilemma where they want to bring people back to the office, but can't due to the risk that a large number of staff leave voluntarily. TSLA is effectively saying that they will take a headcount reduction in order to go back to the office.
If I were in this boat, and I needed to work remote - then I'd look around for another option. Organizations that manage via fear tend to turn toxic in a hurry.
My bet is that Elon decided that people need to go to the office, and simultaneously decided that the only way to make this happen was to announce headcount reductions and instill fear into managers, and employees alike. Most companies have been in a prisoners dilemma where they want to bring people back to the office, but can't due to the risk that a large number of staff leave voluntarily. TSLA is effectively saying that they will take a headcount reduction in order to go back to the office.
If I were in this boat, and I needed to work remote - then I'd look around for another option. Organizations that manage via fear tend to turn toxic in a hurry.