Elon Musk Requires Personal Approval for All Tesla Hires

Elon Musk has announced that he will personally approve every new hire at Tesla, which could amount to hundreds of hours of extra work and slow down the hiring process. Tesla has increased its headcount by about 30,000 in each of the last three years, and if this trend continues, Musk's oversight could take up to 21 days of non-stop work. Musk's new process could lead to a hiring slowdown or even a hiring freeze, and executives must send him a list of their candidates once a week for approval.