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Elon Musk says unhappy Tesla workers should just "pretend to work somewhere else"

2022-06-01 00:00:00

Although data scientists say that remote working — which surged after Covid hit two years ago — is here to stay, according to Forbes, Elon Musk is having none of it. In fact, in leaked email (see below), the Tesla CEO told his staff they can either come back to the office or quit.

"Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week. Moreover, the office must be where your actual colleagues are located, not some remote pseudo office. If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned," he said in one of two emails, first published by Electrek.

In a Twitter response to the leaked email, Musk didn't deny it, but instead offered a simple solution for employees who don't, for whatever reason, feel comfortable working at the Tesla office: "They should pretend to work somewhere else."

They should pretend to work somewhere else — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2022

From Forbes:

Tesla initially allowed employees to work from home if they felt unsafe working in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, but reversed course—defying county orders in California—and ramped up production at a Tesla factory in May 2020. Musk came under fire when he said employees who did not return to work would be fired a month later. Tech companies are weighing how to bring employees back to the office, with Google and Apple starting hybrid options. Musk weighed in on Apple's policy last month, sharing a lazy dog meme in response to an article on Apple delaying return to the office.

Here are Musk's leaked emails, from Electrek:

First email:

Subject: Remote work is no longer acceptble Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla. This is less than we ask of factory workers. If there are particularly exceptional contributors for whom this is impossible, I will review and approve those exceptions directly. Moreover, the "office" must be a main Tesla office, not a remote branch office unrelated to the job duties, for example being responsible for Fremont factory human relations, but having your office be in another state. Thanks,

Elon

Second email:
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