Tesla employees will reportedly no longer have the option to work from home.
Elon Musk sent out an email to Tesla employees on Tuesday that was obtained by the electric vehicle news website Electrek, and said that people must work in-person for a minimum of 40 hours per week or leave the company.
The subject of the first email sent by Musk to Tesla employees was titled, "Remote work is no longer acceptble," and said:
"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," Musk wrote.
"If there are particularly exceptional contributors for whom this is impossible, I will review and approve those exceptions directly."
Musk then followed that email up with another notice to Tesla employees titled, "To be super clear."
"Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week," Musk wrote. "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."
The world's richest man then added that it's crucial for senior Tesla employees to be in the office. Musk said that if it weren't for him basically living in the Tesla factory, the company would not be where it is today. He noted that in-person work will help the company create new products.
"The more senior you are, the more visible must be your presence," Musk wrote. "That is why I lived in the factory so much – so that those on the line could see me working alongside them. If I had not done that, Tesla would long ago have gone bankrupt.
"There are of course companies that don’t require this, but when was the last time they shipped a great new product? It’s been a while," Musk added. "Tesla has and will create and actually manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth. This will not happen by phoning it in."
Tesla relocated its factory headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas in December of 2021, and the company had more than 99,000 employees at that time, according to The New York Times.
On Wednesday, Musk was asked on Twitter about his reported email, and gave a very direct response regarding his thoughts on remote work.
"Hey elon a lot of people are talking about this leaked email, any additional comment to people who think coming into work is an antiquated concept?" @WholeMarsBlog asked.
"They should pretend to work somewhere else," Musk replied at 1:15 a.m.
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