Tesla asks managers which jobs are critical, stoking layoff fears: Report

Tesla managers have been asked whether each of their employees’ positions were critical, stoking layoff fears in the company, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Tesla sent out a single-line query for each job after canceling some employees’ biannual performance reviews, some of the people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

The electric automaker did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. It had 140,473 employees globally as of Dec. 31 last year.

Tesla shares rose 2.7% in premarket trading. They have slumped more than 25% so far this year.