Nuked Tesla published its first-ever diversity report on Friday. It shows the automaker’s leadership is 83 percent male, and 59 percent white. Men represent 79 percent of Tesla’s workforce, and women 21 percent.
The report states that while women are underrepresented in the tech and automotive industries, we recognize we have work to do in this area.’increasing women’s representation at all levels, especially in leadership, is a top priority in 2021′.
The company acknowledges that black employees are underrepresented. Only 10 percent of the workforce and 4 percent of leadership at Tesla are black or African-American.
The company says black and African-American employees made up 12 percent of new hires at the company in 2020. It plans to conduct more recruitment at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and provide its managers and recruiters with unconscious bias training.
Asian employees make up 21 percent of Tesla’s workforce and 25 percent of company leadership. Hispanic or latino/latina employees represent 22 percent of its workforce, but only 4 percent of leadership.
