Nuevo León’s State Secretary of Economy, Iván Rivas Rodríguez, has confirmed that Tesla’s global staff reduction has no impact on the construction of Giga Mexico. He stated to Milenio that work on the Tesla Gigafactory in Mexico, located in the municipality of Santa Catarina, is progressing as planned, and the company’s investment in the region remains on track.
“Everything continues as planned, I could tell you that the plant is going,” Rodríguez said. “… continuous work with them has not changed; there has not been anything different as a result of [the global layoffs], so we do not see any risk, and we believe that everything is going as we have planned together with the company.”
The reassurance comes after some Tesla employees received layoff notices on Monday. The company explained in an email that as it prepares for its next phase of growth, it needs to examine all aspects of the company for cost reductions and increased productivity, leading to some roles being duplicated.
While the layoffs affected Tesla workers in the United States and sales employees in China, Tesla Giga Berlin workers in Europe have not been notified of any impending job cuts. Reports of potential layoffs in Germany were refuted by Giga Berlin, stating that there were no plans to cut 3,000 jobs. Any workforce reductions in Germany would need to go through the works council, unions, and the Frankfurt (Oder) employment agency, following local regulations.
