At Tesla, departures mount as carmaker 'stretched to the limit'HANDOUT Pressure is on the Model 3 electric cars to succeed. Long hours and job-hopping are routine at tech companies in California's Silicon Valley, and Palo Alto-based Tesla continues to make high-profile hires. DAMIEN O'CARROLL Tesla in Auckland - the carmaker launched in New Zealand last month with a store on Karangahape Road coming soon. Most recently Tesla has lost Mark Lipscomb, its vice president of human resources, and Satish Jeyachandran, the director of hardware engineering. Almost 60 per cent of those who've had a leadership position at Tesla over its 14-year existence are still with the company, Tesla said.

Source: Stuff March 05, 2017 00:33 UTC