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Tesla

CompanyMajor issues20/100high confidence · 8 issues
9 opposed4 mixed

Electric vehicles, energy storage, and solar.

IndustryAutomotiveFounded2003Headcount120,000+tesla.com

Key stats

Total Layoffs

14,000

Last: Apr 2024

The receipts (13)

Mixed🗳️PoliticsApr 2025

Tesla's brand value dropped $15.4 billion (36%) in 2025. Profits dropped 71% on weak sales and anti-Musk sentiment. European sales fell 49% YoY; German sales fell 76% after Musk endorsed the far-right AfD party.

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Opposed🌈DEIFeb 2024

Disbanded DEI team in 2024. Musk publicly criticized DEI programs as "discrimination."

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Opposed🌈DEIFeb 2024

Tesla disbanded DEI team. Elon Musk publicly attacked diversity programs. Workforce discrimination lawsuits.

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Mixed⚖️AntitrustJan 2024

Tesla dominates EV market but faces less antitrust scrutiny. Supercharger network becoming standard.

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Mixed🤖AI EthicsJan 2024

Tesla FSD safety concerns. Autopilot investigations. But AI investment continues.

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Opposed🤖AI EthicsJan 2024

Tesla FSD safety concerns. Autopilot deaths. Elon Musk overpromising. xAI Grok less guardrails.

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Opposed🤖AI EthicsJan 2024

Tesla FSD safety concerns ongoing. Autopilot deaths investigated. Elon Musk overpromising autonomy.

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Mixed🌈DEIJan 2023

Dropped the phrase "diversity, equity and inclusion" from its annual report. The wording appears in the 10-K filed 2022-02-07 and is absent from the 10-K filed 2023-01-31.

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Opposed🏠Remote WorkJun 2022

Musk ordered all employees back to office full-time in 2022, calling remote work "morally wrong."

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Owen Diaz awarded $137M (later reduced to $15M) for racial harassment at Fremont factory. Multiple lawsuits allege hostile environment. DFEH found "evidence of systemic racial discrimination." Factory called "predator zone" by workers.

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Opposed✊UnionizationMar 2021

No unions at any Tesla facility. NLRB found Tesla violated labor laws multiple times.

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Opposed👷Worker TreatmentMar 2021

Tesla NLRB violations. Forced RTO. Unsafe factories. Elon Musk called "union buster."

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Opposed✊UnionizationMar 2021

Tesla no unions. NLRB violations documented. Elon Musk "union buster" label.

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The numbers (2)

📉LayoffsApr 2024

14,000+ employees laid off

Tesla cut more than 10% of global workforce (~14,000 jobs) in April 2024 amid declining EV sales and price wars. Musk memo cited duplication of roles after rapid growth.

14,000 affected(10% of workforce)
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🏠Remote PolicyJun 2022

Full RTO required

Musk ordered all Tesla employees back to office full-time in 2022, calling remote work "morally wrong."

5 affected
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