Automotive maker Tesla has actually hired more of its employees from Apple than from any other company including other car manufacturers, a new report from Bloomberg Business reveals. The company has hired at least 150 former Apple employees for roles ranging from engineering to law, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that Apple’s design philosophy is “closely aligned” with Tesla’s.
Based in Silicon Valley, the car maker is striving to produce a futuristic generation of vehicles with a much stronger focus on design and user experience than most traditional cars have adopted to date, and to that end, recruiting talent from companies like Apple is key. Tesla employees who came from Apple describe their motivations as being based partially on a desire to work on the cars, but they also appear to be attracted to Musk himself, who has been compared to Steve Jobs.
According to Musk, Apple has offered $250,000 signing bonuses and 60 percent salary increases to Tesla employees, but few have jumped ship.
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