The EV maker led by Elon Musk, now headquartered in Austin, has grown to about 100,000 employees globally and has hired rapidly in recent months. The job cuts, which have impacted everyone from human resources representatives to software engineers, caught many by surprise. The plaintiffs are seeking compensation and benefits for 60 days after their termination notice, along with attorneys' fees and costs. Meanwhile, Elon Musk played down the lawsuit as "trivial". "Let's not read too much into a pre-emptive lawsuit that has no standing," he said at the Qatar Economic Forum organised by Bloomberg. "It seems like anything related to Tesla gets a lot of clicks, whether it is trivial or significant. I would put that lawsuit you're referring to in the trivial category."