Elon Musk’s first email to Twitter employees ends remote work. Employees will be expected to be in the office for 40 hours/week

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[RandFan]

@ElectionWiz

JUST IN: Elon Musk’s first email to employees ends remote work. Employees will be expected to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week.

[Reno89519]

Agreed. Back to the office or fired.

[one guy in new jersey]

Either that, or if they are diligent, they have two full-time jobs.

Or more, if they can find a way to subcontract out their work.

[SaveFerris]

They’re They’re; nothing to Fred about

😛

I make plenty of typos too

[catnipman]

“Remote work is BS.”

it depends upon the job and the employee

many customer service can work from home at least as well as in the office ... it saves time, gas, car depreciation, and most importantly unnecessary office space ... these folks can also be monitored the same as if in the office ... that’s a BIG win for everyone involved and many companies have been doing this very successfully for many years ...

another group that can work well from home are task-oriented, self-starting programmers who’ll be much more productive at home rather than in the office ... in the office, programmers can easily lose their concentration as co-workers CONSTANTLY interrupt them, stopping by for total BS ... however, this does NOT work for slackers and fakers, which should be got rid of anyway ...

[Cowgirl of Justice]

omg.

Soy bois and purple haired feminists are going to have to get out of their pajamas and get to WORK!!!!!

[enraged]

And it’s hard to be a leader without personal interactions. My team can read me when I’m dead serious or frustrated with performance. Email is too easy to misread or ignore. Makes for easy excuses. Eye to eye and you can tell who’s on board with the plan.

[Alberta's Child]

No offense, but you have no idea what you're talking about.

I was never a fan of "remote work," but I transformed my company to a 100% remote work operation immediately after I saw how easy it was for Nazi government officials to impose draconian lockdown orders without any recourse on the part of business owners.

Now, I think any CEO in a company that has had staff working effectively from home for the last 2.5 years and is now forcing them back to an office is an absolute moron. Giving up an opportunity to save your staff countless hours of commuting time, in exchange for having those employees take on a sizable portion of the company's overhead expenses (office space, utilities, phone/internet service, etc.) is idiotic.

[Codeflier]

The mistakes are from all those alcoholic drinks during the day while he works “10 hours” more “productively” than being at an office.

[fretzer]

There, their, they’re, so many choices.

[PatriotarchyQ]

I can be just as lazy in an office as I can at home

[Beowulf9]

And now he can monitor them properly and cut the dead wood out.

I presume this is the reason he chose this path.

[unixfox]

Make them wear masks all day. Just to drive the point home.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

There was a recent video a woman posted of her day at the Twitter HQ. They had a high end coffee workstation, a cafeteria (serving shrimp that day) and red wine on tap. There were other features and it honestly made me think it was a day care for underdeveloped adults.

[VAFreedom]

i work remote, all my coworkers in my dept are all over the USA, my boss is in Iowa. if I go into work, i can slack as much if not more, my office is 1/2 hour drive, and I would be the only person in the entire north wing today.

i can see where they’re coming from if they’re paying for a big empty building that no one goes to. my company should selling the office space and save millions on maintenance and rent.

but that’s also the nature of my job, i can work from home or drive to my office ‘home’ and loose few hours of productivity. it serves no purpose for me, there isn’t even cockroaches in the office for me to socialize with.

the technology is great, the advent of food delivery means i can eat at almost any restaurants in the city; in my room while i’m working. i don’t have to spend money on gas as much so i could have ay for sushi, steak, delivery etc instead.

while this does not apply for other jobs. tech company should take this approach, with good automated monitoring software.

i’m still fiercely loyal to my company and never took other offers of higher paying jobs (you don’t really get promoted at tech jobs, you have to change jobs to make more). i plan to retire early in 3 years.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Force me to do that, the electronic leash comes off and you wait until the next business day when I’m physically there, like you wanted, for something to get fixed. No more after hours remote access.

[SheepWhisperer]

Was that your attitude before the plandemic lockdowns and remote working?

[VAFreedom]

of course face to face interaction is good but, my company is international , my boss is in Iowa, I have co workers in Utah, St.louis, Charlotte, Minn as well.

we have zoom meetings twice a week and one on one zoom to discuss the status of our project and have to show up with meat for our presentation. have been doing this for years even before the covid, so the lockdown was a non issue for us.

10 years ago when i still go to the office and have co-workers in the same office, i have already started to rely on technology even before i even knew it, i rather chat instantly to get a response then to get up and walk a few feet to another cubicle. yes, i’m just that lazy.

[Professional Engineer]

Unfortunately for Musk, as soon as his Twitter "workforce" receives his email, another 75% of them will immediately quit. Then again, maybe that's his email's purpose.

I believe that's exactly his purpose.

[T.B. Yoits]

You’re the exception. Most of these younger kids screw around all day. Productivity is in the toilet.

Not an exception - many of these industries had remote work long before COVID-19⁸⁴. Our productivity is through the roof and we've been able to hire staff from up to four states away that would never be available within commuting distance. We're turning processes in a few days which previously took 4-6 weeks.

We've significantly upgraded the talent pool. Many of them are younger people who couldn't afford to live in a high cost-of-living area. If you're seeing younger screw-ups, it's because your company isn't attracting or retaining bright young workers.

There's a distinct demarcation of skills between the off-site staff and the on-site staff. The off-site staff run circles around the on-site staff. It's not even close. The bosses want to force better talented workers to babysit the under-qualified newbies the bosses insist on hiring.

Incompetent bosses really push for staff to return to the office because the bosses can't measure productivity. Working in the office also allows for crisis management to be the norm again. Working remotely requires basic knowledge, time, and planning, which many of these supervisors don't have.

[FryingPan101]

Great move!