Indian EV startup makes offer to interns spurned by Musk
Bengaluru-based electric vehicle startup Pravaig Dynamics has made offers to Tesla interns, who saw their offers getting revoked weeks before their start date, inviting them to join the Silicon Valley of India that will recognize and appreciate their talents.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting victims are summer interns with his flagship Tesla Inc, rescinding offers just weeks before internships were to start.
As several aspiring employees took to LinkedIn to express anguish at not being left with enough time to find replacement gigs for the summer, Pravaig offered help.
“At Pravaig Dynamics we understand the importance of feeling valued and supported in your career pursuits. That’s why we want to extend a genuand ine invitation to those affected by this unfortunate situation,” Shivangi Bagri, partner at Pravaig wrote on her LinkedIn page. Bagri, who looks after HR at the startup which manufactures electric SUVs as well as high precision batteries for EVs, said the Tesla appointment letter was enough testament to skills, experience, and potential that “doesn’t simply vanish with a revoked offer”.
“If you find yourself in limbo, unsure of what the future holds have a genuine offer letter from Tesla, we’d be happy to have a chat with you to see how you could fit in at Pravaig.
“While we may not be able to replicate the exact opportunity you had envisioned with Tesla, we can promise a supportive environment where your talents are recognized and appreciated should you choose to move to the Silicon Valley of India and work at Pravaig,” she wrote.
Musk in recent days has dismissed two Tesla senior executives amid reports of plans to lay off hundreds more employees primarily because of falling sales and the pace of job cuts so far.
“From Big Tech firing people over maternity leave to companies finding every excuse to not fulfil their contracts with employees. It’s this piece of disheartening news (about Tesla revoking offers to interns) about our industry that left me truly wanting to do something about it,” Bagri said.