- Allie Arebalo served as Tesla’s senior director of North American HR for a little over a year.
- It’s not clear if she jumped or if she was pushed, but sources say that Arebalo is no longer working with the company.
- Arebalo is one of thousands of employees, and just the latest senior executive to exit the company.
Following a tough first quarter, Tesla has been on a job-cutting spree. However, the company seems to be hemorrhaging more than just workers and executives it fired; people are leaving too. The latest senior executive to depart is its head of Human Resources, Allie Arebalo.
One of the most senior women at the organization, Arebalo was with Tesla for just over six years before her departure. Since February 2023, she served as the Senior Director of North American HR, according to her LinkedIn profile.
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It’s not clear if Arebalo stepped down or was let go, but two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg that she was leaving the company. However, the Senior HR director isn’t the first top executive to depart.
A few weeks ago, Drew Baglino announced that he was leaving Tesla after 18 years with the company. Formerly the senior vice president of powertrain and engineering, he was among the highest-ranking employees at the automaker. In a post on X, Baglino said that he had no immediate plans for the future.
Arebalo and Baglino are among the most notable people to leave the company, which has been undergoing aggressive staff reductions. Reports indicate that Tesla is aiming to reduce its ranks by 20 percent, and has already laid off thousands of employees, including its entire supercharger team this week.
Although CEO Elon Musk said that the development of its charging infrastructure will continue, but at a slower rate, the automaker has been looking to cut its R&D, as well as its staffing costs. The automaker has reportedly given up on its most ambitious gigacasting project to date, and has stopped development of the Model 2.
The cost-cutting measures follow a difficult start to 2024 for Tesla. In Q1, the automaker missed Wall Street sales expectations and, so far this year, its share prices are down more than 25 percent.
