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Tesla layoffs have reportedly also hit its international offices

A red Tesla outside a Tesla showroom.
Tesla layoffs reportedly impacted workers in China in addition to the US.JOHN THYS / Getty
  • Elon Musk announced a 10% Tesla workforce reduction in an email to staff on Sunday night.

  • The carmaker denied reports they'd cut roughly 25% of their Berlin workers.

  • But some members of its China sales team have been made redundant, Reuters reported.

Tesla's layoffs will also reportedly impact its international workers.

On Sunday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company planned to cut "more than 10%" of its workforce, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. Workers who'd been laid off in the US were notified that same night via their personal emails that they were terminated, effective immediately, and had been locked out of Tesla's internal systems, several laid-off workers told BI.

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And the cuts reportedly don't just apply to US staff. Some members of China's sales team have also been laid off as part of the company's recent actions, two sources told Reuters. It's unclear how many people are affected.

But its German division has denied reports from local outlets that the layoffs impacted about a quarter of the company's 12,000 workers at its factory in Berlin, according to Reuters.