Elon Muskwho is still CEO of Twitter until he is replaced by Linda Yaccarino, criticized the permanence of the home office In the laboral world. The billionaire said that Telecommuting is “morally wrong”as it is related to socioeconomic status.
During an interview for the chain CNBCthe CEO of Tesla said that the return to the offices is more than necessary.
“I think the whole notion of working from home is a bit like the faux Marie Antoinette quote, ‘Let them eat cake.’ (…) The laptop classes live in ‘La-la-land’, but the people who make all the things you consume have to go to their jobs”, said the South African businessman.
When speaking of “the laptop class,” Musk refers to the sector of people whose jobs allow them to generate income from a laptop, as opposed to those who do more manual jobs.
“People who have to go to the factory, prepare your food or repair your house cannot work remotely. It’s not just a question of productivity, I think it’s morally wrong,” added the Tesla CEO.
Despite the fact that Elon Musk has commented that usually works seven days a week and sleeps very little to fulfill his responsibilities, he also made it clear that he does not expect the same from his collaborators. Instead, the owner of SpaceX it only asks that workers report to offices at least 40 hours a week.
“People should get off the damn horse of moral superiority with that stupidity of working from home,” Musk said in a chat with journalist David Faber.
Elon Musk is not the only one who advocates the end of teleworking
The 51-year-old tycoon is not the first industry leader to harshly criticize and take action to reverse the proliferation of the home office. After this type of work gained more strength than ever during the pandemic, now many bosses are looking to return to the offices in person.
A study conducted by Microsoft showed that Home office employees work harder than ever and are more productive. Nevertheless, 85% of bosses distrust their employees and are paranoid about how employees organize their unsupervised time.
In this sense, Open AI CEO Sam Altman, has also been a strong critic of remote work. He said that believing that this modality has a future has been “one of the worst mistakes” in the tech industry and that “the experiment is over.”
For his part, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, announced since last January that it would end the home office. Other companies like Amazon and salesforce They also bet that workers begin to return to the offices.
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