Luxury electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors is looking to veterans for the future of its labor force, new reports suggest.
Already one of the leaders in hiring military veterans, with veterans struggling to find work when they return from active duty, Tesla believes it can help fix that problem and has pledged to hire hundreds more veterans to add to its more than 6,000 employees.
Currently, the company has hired around 300 veterans and is looking to add an additional 600 veterans, according to the company.
As Tesla continues to roll out new retail locations in the United States and is aiming to go global with its electric vehicles, despite some immediate difficulties in China, the company will need more workers to get the job done. With its already strong support for veterans, the move is seen as a natural progression for the automaker.
The news of more veterans hires comes as the company is on the scouting prowl for a factory location, with southern Dallas County in Texas being a leading choice. While the company has yet to confirm the reports, its leadership did hint at the area as a prominent choice for the new factory, which could see a large number of veterans hired for the purpose.
Tesla has also been solid on those employees who have deployed for the military, even those who are on active duty for two years. The company holds those positions for them and when they return to the U.S., they are able to get back to their job. It's a win-win situation, analysts say, in that they have solid workers with the discipline to maintain their work even after a tough situation in combat arenas.
Still, Tesla will be looking to hire a large number of people going forward, and while the veterans are getting the media attention, the company has previously said it will fill positions across its area of work to continue to build a structure that will bring down the price of its cars and enable more and more people to get on the environmental calling.
