Elon Musk tells Tesla executive staff to return to the office or be fired

Elon Musk reportedly demanded that Tesla executives to return and work at the office. The billionaire was said to have sent out an email on Tuesday, May 31, telling staff to be in the office for a specific minimum time period per week or just leave the company if they still want to work from home.

According to Bloomberg, Musk’s email has the subject line that says, “Remote work is no longer acceptable.” In the body of the message, the Tesla chief stated that “anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla.”

Referring to his request for workers to resume work in the office, he further said, “This is less than we ask of factory workers. If you don’t show up, we will assume you have resigned.”

The CEO also stressed that the company’s office should be the main Tesla office and not some “remote branch office unrelated to the job duties.” The email has been shared online but there was no immediate confirmation if it was a real message that came from Musk.

Then again, it appears to be real because when he was asked by a follower on social media about people who think that going to work in an office is such an outdated concept, he told the follower that “they should pretend to work somewhere else.”

The Daily Mail reported that the leaked email also showed the richest man on earth explaining that he will also consider exceptions for some workers if there are valid reasons. “If there are particularly exceptional contributors for whom this is impossible, I will review and approve those exceptions directly,” Musk said.

Meanwhile, prior to the notification for Tesla executive staff to return to the office, Elon Musk has been publicly expressing his views on remote working policies that have become common when the COVID-19 pandemic struck around the world. He is clearly against the work-from-home setup after criticizing American employees for “trying to avoid going to work at all.”