Elon Musk has decided to head the other way from the Work-From-Home (WFH) controversy being generated across social media as Tesla’s work from office policy takes effect.
On Wednesday, Elon Musk, through an email sent to his staff but leaked to the media, insisted on work from office policy for all Tesla staff.
Recall that Mr. Musk acquired Twitter at $44 billion and has since received backlashes from the social media platform following his comments about Twitter. The latest one is from Twitter investors who dragged the American businessman to court.
The new policy of the company is directly opposite Twitter’s March policy that allows staff to work from anywhere they feel comfortable.
In a published statement, Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Parag Agrawal said, “Wherever you feel most productive and creative is where you will work, and that includes Working From Home full-time, forever.”
Agrawal, however, added that “distributed working would be challenging. We’ll need to be proactive, intentional, learn, and adapt.”
Elon Musk, on the other hand, insisted that working from home is not acceptable and all staff of Tesla must work from the office, “not a remote branch office unrelated to the job duties.”
He said “Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week. If you don’t show up, we will assume you have resigned,” he wrote in the leaked email.
Musk said Tesla’s factory workers are expected to work full-time in the office and that team collaboration is essential to the company’s growth.
He added that Tesla has and will create and manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth, and this will not happen by phoning it in.
According to a US-based system security company, Kastle, office occupancy in the US stands at about 43 per cent.
