A Tesla employee claims that despite his sacrifices, he lost his job and “sat in my car in disbelief.”

Alongside major behemoths like Google and Meta, Tesla has also terminated its employees. In April, Reuters revealed that Tesla intended to fire over 10% of its worldwide staff, including executives at higher levels. After eighteen years at Tesla, Drew Baglino, senior vice president of powertrain and energy engineering, departed the business on April 15. Rohan Patel, the vice president of public policy at Tesla, also announced his resignation on the same day, after an eight-year tenure. A former employee of Tesla, who worked there for five years, recently shared on LinkedIn his story of being let go “without any prior notice.” His tweet received almost 67,000 responses after going viral.

Former Tesla manufacturing supervisor Nico Murillo said that when he entered into his work account at 4:30 am on April 15, he saw that it had been disabled. He believed it to be an IT problem that would be fixed quickly. He received an email saying, “Unfortunately, as a result, your position has been eliminated by this restructuring,” at 5 a.m. when he was traveling to the workplace. The response Nico received from his manager via text was, “Everyone got it, we’ll get more info later.” The security officer grabbed Nico’s credentials as he attempted to enter the Tesla office. Nico was stunned by 6 a.m. He was let go from a firm where he spent five years working from 2019 to 2014 in a couple of hours.

The 29-year-old stated, “At one point in 2023, I was even sacrificing sleeping in my car on work days just to avoid commuting to work.” He then went on to tell how he sacrificed his lifestyle to give Tesla his all. slept in the parking lot and took showers at the workplace. Dinner was microwaved in the break room. made several sacrifices for the firm.” Nico stated, “This is just a small part of a chapter that is ending, and there’s a whole book waiting to be written,” expressing hope for the future despite his wounded heart.

In addition, Nico reminisced on his ascent through the ranks and expressed gratitude for the guidance he had from his late boss, Louie Afusia, who died away in February 2023. He stated, “I learned how to delegate, follow up, and complete things from Louie. “Listen to the people, not against them,” he used to say to me.

Many individuals wished Nico well in his future endeavors in the comments section. “There’s always room for talent and who knows, it might be a million times better than you can imagine,” said a LinkedIn user. Remain composed and refuse to let it affect you.” “It stinks to be laid off, but it looks like you have a great attitude towards it already 🙂,” another person remarked. You’ll come out on top and emerge stronger than before.”