The former CEO of Twitter, who claims to work seven days a week, said in an interview with CNBC’s David Faber that employees are more productive in person. But he also expressed disdain for office workers who work from home, and most service employees must do their work in the office.
“There are some exceptions, but I think the whole notion of working from home is a bit like the fake quote from Marie Antoinette, ‘Let them eat cake'” Musk stated.
“You’re going to make the people who prepare your food, who deliver, who can’t work from home; the people who come to fix your house, who can’t work from home, but can you?”
“Does that seem morally right? That’s wrong,” Musk said.
He also took aim at bosses who work from home while supervising employees who must show up in person to do their jobs, calling them out of touch and hypocritical for “asking everyone else not to work from home while they do.”
Various employers in the US The US and other countries have turned to hybrid work models, recognizing that employees value flexibility and enjoy the time and cost savings that come from not having to commute to the office.
On the other hand, he highlighted the distinction between office workers and those whose work can only be done on a factory floor, such as auto workers.
“The laptop class lives in la-la land. Like I said, look at the cars. Are there people working from home here? Of course not.”
The businessman said that he himself works almost every day and takes only two or three days off a year.
“I work seven days a week, but I don’t expect others to do that”