It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to prevent his small staff from doing their work remotely. According to an email sent by the tycoon himself to his employees, —the first since he owns Twitter—, and to which he has obtained access Bloombergcompany staff You will need to stay in the office at least 40 hours a week. That is, 8 hours a day during the 5 working days.
Musk, who warned in the email that “there was no way to sweeten the message”, could make some exceptions and allow some workers to perform their tasks remotely, but not without your prior approval. Most employees, therefore, must return to the office on a mandatory basis; something that he also ordered to be done in other of his companies, such as Tesla.
“The road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed”
Musk has claimed in the first email sent to employees.
Musk’s decision, in fact, is not something that takes employees by surprise. the executive has always been against remote work and stated, even before he owned Twitter, that he would not allow this activity. Musk also assured in a meeting with the company’s employees that he would have no problem allowing teleworking if he sees it necessary. “If someone can only work remotely, and it’s exceptional, it wouldn’t make sense to fire them,” he said, likely referring to the exceptions he himself will approve.
Musk warns his employees of difficult times on Twitter
In addition to the obligation to work in person, Musk has also highlighted in the mail sent to his employees the “difficult times ahead” in terms of the company’s economic situation. He also expects Twitter Blue, and the ability for users to pay $8 a month for perks like verification, to account for half of the platform’s revenue.
Previously, Musk also banned the monthly day of rest that Twitter introduced during the pandemic. The tycoon has also laid off 50% of the employees (more than 4,000 people) since he owns the company; a move that some engineers say could cause Twitter to stop working in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, and in a second email sent to employees, Elon assures that the highest priority during “the next few days” is “find and suspend any verified bot/troll/spam”.