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Elon Musk Discloses His Disdain For The Work-From-Home Movement<\/h2>\n

In an interview with CNBC\u2019s David Faber on Tuesday, The Tesla and Twitter CEO did not mix his words as he expressed his disdain for the work-from-home movement. Silicon Valley \u201claptop classes\u201d need to get off their \u201cmoral high horse\u201d with their \u201cwork-from-home bulls***,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Musk was discussing return-to-office policies that are being increasingly pushed by tech leaders. This is particularly a concern since employees had previously been promised generous remote work mandates by top executives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the whole notion of work from home is a bit like the fake Marie Antoinette quote, \u2018Let them eat cake.\u2019 It\u2019s not just a productivity thing,\u201d Mr. Musk said. \u201cI think it\u2019s morally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk labeled the work-from-home movement as \u2018hypocritical\u2019 since the \u2018laptop class wants to work from home while expecting service workers to continue to show up in person.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to work from home, and you\u2019re going to make everyone else who made your car come work in the factory? You\u2019re going to make people who make your food that gets delivered\u2014they can\u2019t work from home? Does that seem morally right?\u201d He asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople should get off their goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,\u201d he reiterated. While the comments by Musk are the strongest, he\u2019s made regarding work-from-home policies, he has been very critical of it for a while.<\/p>\n

Musk Is A Longtime Critic Of Working From Home<\/h3>\n

The work-from-home movement gained momentum in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. White-collar professionals stayed inside, but those who were considered essential had to go to work outside. After the pandemic, some companies, more so in the tech industry, the \u2018laptop class as Musk labels them, continued to work from home.<\/p>\n

However, this slowly became unfeasible for companies due to slackened productivity and growing investor demands. Many companies including Amazon and Salesforce have demanded workers begin to return to offices.<\/p>\n

Some companies gingerly tried to get employees back in shifts while Musk took a more direct route.<\/p>\n

In June 2022, Elon Musk ordered Tesla staff back to the office on a full-time basis. In an internal email, Musk highlighted fairness, saying that the 40 hours per week required of corporate personnel was “less than [what] we ask of factory workers.”<\/p>\n

Once he took over Twitter in November 2022, Musk ended Twitter\u2019s permanent remote work policy. This was one of the first acts as the new CEO and owner of the social media company. However, when more workers than he had anticipated were eager to quit because of the new policy, he later eased his demands.<\/p>\n

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