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Numerous companies, including e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), are actively seeking to recruit former employees of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) who were recently laid off amid the company’s global downsizing efforts.
What Happened: Evan Brannigan, Electric Vehicle Program Manager at Amazon Logistics, extended an invitation to former members of the Tesla Supercharger team. “Former Tesla Supercharger Team, if you have one year or more experience as a program manager or equivalent please look at joining my team,” he posted on LinkedIn on Wednesday.
Robin Swartout, VP of Commercialization at Gravity, a Google Ventures-backed EV charging solutions provider, described the layoffs within the supercharger division as “undeniable blow to our industry.”
Swartout encouraged former colleagues from the Supercharger Team to connect, affirming their transformative contributions, and expressing confidence in their ability to excel in future endeavors.
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