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SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk appears to be over remote work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Tesla and SpaceX CEO sent an email to employees at both companies on Tuesday saying everyone must spend 40 hours per week in the office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you don’t show up, we will assume you have resigned,” according to an email to Tesla workers, which was posted online<\/a>the contents of which were confirmed to The Washington Post by a Tesla worker who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the message was internal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The more senior you are, the more visible must be your presence. \u2026 There are of course companies that don’t require this, but when was the last time they shipped a great new product? ” Musk wrote in the email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk sent a similar email to SpaceX workers, which was obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another similar email sent to Tesla executives, with the subject line \u201cRemote work is no longer acceptble,\u201d was shared on Twitter by a Tesla investor, and re-shared by another account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elon Musk, the Twitter deal and his quest to save ‘all life on Earth’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk replied to a tweet asking what he would say to people who think coming to work is an \u201cantiquated concept,\u201d and appeared to confirm the executive email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They should pretend to work somewhere else<\/p>\n

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThey should pretend to work somewhere else,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk said in one of his emails to Tesla employees that he would hand-approve exceptions to work remotely for \u201cparticularly exceptional contributors,\u201d though he did not explain that category further. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Tesla worker who spoke with The Post said some groups of employees expect to continue to be exempt from returning to the office. Tesla recruits heavily from Silicon Valley’s vast pool of software engineers – workers who have been granted perks such as free meals and flexible work. Some were under the impression their status would not change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk’s hard-driving policies on remote work fly in the face of the workplace culture at social media company Twitter, which the billionaire is working to buy for about $ 44 billion. That deal is expected to close later this year, and already employee tensions are running high about the coming leadership change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Twitter was one of the first large companies in 2020 to announce that workers could continue to work from home – forever. The company is known for a flexible workplace where employees regularly work from home, the office or on the go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Americans might never come back to the office, and Twitter is leading the charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk’s companies are better known for rigid, process-based workplaces. The entrepreneur pushed back against shelter-in-place orders in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, but he told employees they could stay home if they felt uneasy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Still, two Tesla workers said at the time that they received termination notices alleging a \u201cfailure to return to work\u201d after they chose to take unpaid leave in May 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And in Shanghai this week, Tesla told factory workers they would need to stay isolated at the facilities to prevent the spread of the virus, according to Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his email to Tesla executives, Musk called on the managers to get back to the office 40 hours a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is less than we ask of factory workers,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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