Indian EV startup makes supply to interns spurned by Elon Musk, ET Auto

New Delhi: Bengaluru-based electrical car startup Pravaig Dynamics has made affords to Tesla interns, who noticed their affords getting revoked weeks earlier than their begin date, inviting them to hitch the Silicon Valley of India that may acknowledge and admire their abilities. Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s newest cost-cutting victims are summer season interns together with his flagship Tesla Inc, rescinding affords simply weeks earlier than internships had been to start out. As a number of aspiring staff took to LinkedIn to specific anguish at not being left with sufficient time to search out substitute gigs for the summer season, Pravaig supplied assist.

“At Pravaig Dynamics we perceive the significance of feeling valued and supported in your profession pursuits. That is why we wish to prolong a real invitation to these affected by this unlucky scenario,” Shivangi Bagri, Associate at Pravaig wrote on her LinkedIn web page.

Bagri, who takes care of HR on the startup which manufactures electrical SUVs in addition to excessive precision batteries for EVs, mentioned the Tesla appointment letter was sufficient testomony to abilities, expertise, and potential that “would not merely vanish with a revoked supply”.

“If you end up in limbo, not sure of what the long run holds and have a real supply letter from Tesla, we would be pleased to have a chat with you to see how you could possibly slot in at Pravaig.

“Whereas we could not be capable of replicate the precise alternative you had envisioned with Tesla, we will promise a supportive surroundings the place your abilities are acknowledged and appreciated must you select to maneuver to the Silicon Valley of India and work at Pravaig,” she wrote.

Musk in latest days has dismissed two Tesla senior executives amid reviews of plans to put off lots of extra staff primarily due to falling gross sales and the tempo of job cuts to this point.

Bagri, within the publish addressed to ‘Tesla Aspirants’, mentioned plenty of unemployment has been within the information not too long ago.

“From Huge Tech firing folks over maternity depart to firms discovering each excuse to not fulfil their contracts with staff. It is this piece of disheartening information (about Tesla revoking affords to interns) about our business that left me actually eager to do one thing about it,” she mentioned.

Some people, she mentioned, who had been eagerly anticipating beginning their journey with Tesla have had their supply letters unexpectedly revoked weeks earlier than their meant employment.

“I can solely think about the frustration, frustration, and uncertainty this flip of occasions should have brought about for these people and their households. Transitioning to a brand new position, particularly with an thrilling firm like Tesla, is an endeavor that requires each emotional and logistical preparation. To have that pleasure abruptly halted is undoubtedly a troublesome capsule to swallow,” she mentioned.

Musk had final month introduced that Tesla had “made the tough determination to scale back our headcount by greater than 10 per cent globally”. Whereas a number of executives have left the corporate since then, many of the firm’s 500-person Supercharger division and its newly fashioned advertising and marketing staff have been axed.

“Your journey could have hit a bump within the highway, however collectively, we will navigate in direction of a brighter future. Let’s discover the potential for working collectively, not as a substitute for what you misplaced, however as a brand new starting stuffed with promise and alternative,” Bagri wrote to Tesla interns asking them to get in contact along with her or the HR staff at Pravaig in case they’re open to her thought.

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