Twitter CEO Elon Musk reportedly sent a notice to staff early Wednesday morning to remind them that working from home is not acceptable.
According to Platformer managing editor Zoë Schiffer, Musk emailed employees at 2:30 in the morning, writing that “office is not optional.” In the email, he complained that half of the San Francisco headquarters was empty the day before.
Musk is not a fan of remote work. Back in November, he ended Twitter’s work-from-home accommodations, telling employees within driving distance of the office that they needed to show up in person or consider their “resignation accepted.”
Last summer, he sent a similar note to his employees at Tesla, telling employees they were required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week. “Remote work is no longer acceptable,” was the subject line of that email.
Since his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, Musk has shown no qualms about showing the door to Twitter employees who aren’t down with his vision. He’s ordered several rounds of layoffs, both as a cost-cutting measure and as a means of excising those who don’t agree with the direction he’s taking the company.
As the COVID-19 pandemic era comes to an end, more businesses are having their remote workers return to the office.
A Labor Department report released this week found that 72.5% of business establishments said their employees teleworked rarely or not at all last year, the Wall Street Journal reported. That figure was an increase from 60.1% in 2021. The survey showed about 21 million more workers on-site full time in 2022 compared to the year before.
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