根据Verge查看的一封内部电子邮件，从4月13日开始，特斯拉将削减美国所有受薪员工的工资，并将在冠状病毒大流行期间不能在家工作的小时工安排在无薪假期。

根据Electrek首次报道的这封电子邮件，副总裁及以上级别的受薪员工将减薪30%。董事及以上将减薪20%。其他所有人都将获得10%的减薪，特斯拉表示，美国以外的工人将看到“类似的减薪”。减薪将持续到第二个财政季度，该季度将于6月结束。

目前还不清楚有多少小时工将被安排无薪休假。但这可能是一个相当大的数字，正如特斯拉所说，任何不能在家工作且没有在公司设施中完成“关键工作”的人都将受到休假的影响。特斯拉在全球拥有约50000名员工。

电子邮件中没有具体提到首席执行官埃隆·马斯克。马斯克在3月份低估了冠状病毒的威胁，并在推特上表示，对冠状病毒的“恐慌”是“愚蠢的”，几年后，特斯拉提出了26亿美元的赔偿计划，尽管他过去没有接受国家规定的最低工资。

该公司北美人力资源主管瓦莱丽·卡佩斯·沃克曼（Valerie Capers Workman）在电子邮件中表示，这些员工将通过电子邮件收到一份具体通知，“关于如何通过[他们的]州机构申请失业救济金的附加说明”，并且“对于绝大多数休假员工，失业救济金将大致相当于正常的实得工资。“他们将在休假期间“仍然是特斯拉的雇员（无薪）”，并保留他们的医疗福利。

“一方面，我们对此感到震惊，我们都想回去工作。另一方面，我们都知道我们将从失业中获得更多的钱，因为所有的额外费用都不会被扣除，”特斯拉位于加利福尼亚州弗里蒙特的工厂的一名小时工告诉《边缘报》[我们很高兴能够比工作时更好地支持我们的家庭。”

这位不愿透露姓名的员工说，他们的团队也很高兴在流感大流行期间没有危及同事的健康。

3月23日，特斯拉暂时关闭了其在加利福尼亚州的电动汽车工厂以及在纽约的太阳能电池板工厂。该公司还将内华达州Gigafactory的员工队伍缩减了“75%以上”。Gigafactory生产3型车的电池和部分零件

但是，至少在周二宣布新的减薪和休假之前，这些工人中的许多人都在带薪休假。沃克曼在周二的电子邮件中表示，该公司至少要到5月4日才会在美国工厂恢复生产，这是休假工人最早被召回的时间(加利福尼亚州的家庭订单目前一直持续到5月3日，但可以延长。）

沃克曼在电子邮件中写道：“我们知道，不确定性并不容易，我们正在尽一切努力确保您的安全和知情，同时应对世界各地的变化。”。她说，减薪和休假是“管理成本的更广泛努力”的一部分这是整个公司的共同牺牲，将使我们能够在这些充满挑战的时刻取得进步。”

几天前，特斯拉宣布2020年第一季度的销售数据好于预期，部分原因是该公司在中国的新Gigafactory，该工厂也于2月份短暂关闭。当特斯拉上个月宣布暂停加州和纽约工厂的运营时，该公司将63亿美元的现金储备和最近23亿美元的融资作为股东保证的理由。

该公司当时写道：“我们认为，这种流动性水平足以成功应对长期的不确定性。”。

尽管如此，即使是传统汽车**商也在采取类似行动，因为他们即将进入新车销售情况预计要糟糕得多的第二季度。就在Workman的电子邮件发出前几个小时，日产和本田宣布，数万名工厂小时工正在休假，需要失业救济金的人数也在不断增加。多亏了这场流行病，失业救济金已经有1000万人了。

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