Elon Musk announces 'super bad feeling' surrounding economy, plans 10% staff layoff: Report

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company needs to reduce its staff by approximately 10%.

What are the details?

Musk said that he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy, which drove his decision, Bloomberg has reported.

According to an email obtained by Reuters, Musk sent out a message on Thursday titled "pause all hiring worldwide."

Bloomberg reported that Tesla shares plummeted nearly 5% following the news. The report added that Tesla employs approximately 99,290 employees around the world.

On Thursday, the New York Post reported that Musk's sentiment is shared by a variety of executives, including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs President John Waldron, and Carsten Brzeski, global head of macroeconomic research at Dutch-owned bank ING.

Earlier this week, Dimon addressed a possible recession and said that a "hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way."

Brzeski added, “Musk’s bad feeling is shared by many people. ... But we are not talking about global recession. We expect a cooling of the global economy towards the end of the year. The U.S. will cool off, while China and Europe are not going to rebound.”

Neither Musk nor a spokesperson for Tesla has spoken out about the contents of the latest message to staffers.

What else?

Earlier this week, Musk reportedly called for all Tesla executives to return to in-person working conditions or resign.

In a leaked email, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO reportedly wrote, “The more senior you are, the more visible must be your presence.”

The message also insisted that the company would only be successful if its employees were fully dedicated.

“That is why I lived in the factory so much," he explained, "so that those on the line could see me working alongside them. If I had not done that, Tesla would long ago have gone bankrupt."