Yaniv Avital 18:00
Elon Musk informed Tesla executives: Want to work remotely? No problem. But first – 40 hours in the office
Tesla plant in Fremont. Source: Tesla
Elon Musk has never hidden his displeasure with the move to remote work, but this time he seems to be moving into action as well – at least judging by a new email he sent to Tesla management.
40 hours in the office or you resign
Like many workers around the world, most of Tesla’s workers have moved to remote work in the past two years – or at least those who do not work on the production and assembly lines. But now Musk wants to put an end to it. Musk sent an email to his senior staff with the subject line: “Remote work is no longer acceptable” in which he detailed the new policy. “Anyone who wants to work remotely must first work at least 40 hours from the office (and I mean * at least *) or leave Tesla,” Musk wrote in an email, adding: “This is less than what we require from Tesla plant workers.” To avoid misunderstanding, Musk noted: “Failure to attend offices means resignation.”
Musk added that he is willing to consider “exceptional” requests but does not seem to be able to build on Tesla employees: “If there are cases of people with an extraordinary contribution that is problematic for them, I will check and confirm these exceptions in person” the billionaire entrepreneur wrote and certainly meant it.
In a follow-up email, Musk mentioned that he almost went to sleep at the company’s factory, to give a personal example: “The more senior you are, the more prominent your presence is. “Tesla has been bankrupt for a long time.”
As is well known, most tech companies still have policies that range from full-time remote work to hybrid work. Musk scolded them and wrote: “There are companies that do not demand it (back to offices, Y.A.) but when was the last time they launched a new and wonderful product? A long time ago.” This is not the first time Musk has tried to set an example to get employees back on the production line, when SpaceX employees received a very strange email last Thanksgiving. Musk wrote “I planned to take a break this weekend (Thanksgiving, AB) for the first time in a long time, but instead, I’ll be on the Raptor production line all night and all weekend.” Musk did not end his email with this, writing to the employees: “Unless you have a family crisis or you can not physically return to Hawthorne (company headquarters, AB), we need everyone’s hands to recover from what in all honesty seems like a disaster… in the end “In fact, we face a real risk of bankruptcy if we do not succeed in launching Starship at least once every two weeks next year. Thank you, Ayalon.” In other words, if Musk is your boss, it’s not so much fun to open the mail in the morning.
Yaniv Avital
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