Elon Musk gives Tesla workers ultimatum: return to the office or be fired

Elon Musk has imposed an ultimatum on its workers in Tesla requiring them to return to the offices to work in person.

According to a report from Electrek, Musk has asked company executives to come in “at a minimum” regarding 40 hours a week. This information was obtained by mail from a shareholder of the company.

If you don’t comply, you’re out

According to the report, the case is aggravated by reading in one of the messages that ensures that, if the staff continues to work remotely, “it will be assumed that they have resigned.”

Interestingly, although the companies have not commented on the matter, Elon Musk He has given some details regarding his position on teleworking.

The world’s richest man responded to reports of the emails on Twitter when user @WholeMarsBlog asked Musk how he would respond to people who consider working in person “old-fashioned.”

“They should pretend they work somewhere else,” he wrote on Twitter.

Exceptions given by him

For Musk, who titled his first email “Remote work is no longer acceptable,” he points out that he can make some exceptions, but they will only be approved and verified by himself.

“The taller you are, the more visible your presence should be,” he wrote. Elon Musk, according to Electrek. “That’s why I lived in the factory so long, so those on the line might see me working alongside them. If I hadn’t done that, Tesla It would have been ruined a long time ago.”

the billionaire has criticized remote work and the American work ethic in the past. In May, Musk told The Financial Times that Americans “are trying to avoid going to work” while Chinese workers “don’t even leave the factory.”

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