Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work

[Duke Wy Lin]

Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work​

• Expects employees to put in at least 40 hours in the office
• New boss wants subscriptions to account for half of revenue

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it.

Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, according to the email reviewed by Bloomberg News. The new rules, which kick in immediately, will expect employees to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, he added.

Elon Musk
Photographer: CARINA JOHANSEN/AFP

Prior to Musk’s arrival, Twitter had established a permanent work-from-anywhere arrangement for its workers, many of whom had initially been pushed into remote work by the pandemic. It was one of the first topics in an all-hands call Musk held with Twitter staff after announcing the deal to buy the company earlier in the year. He said then that he’s against remote work and would only grant exceptions on a case-by-case basis, as he’s doing now.

Full article: Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

This nikka is treating his devs like warehouse workers

They will probably dip at the first sign of economic recovery

 

[Busted_Toes]

when did this guy turn into a Alt Right weirdo? was it Joe Rogan show appearance?

 

[kevm3]

lol Elon is going to completely destroy that company


Multi billion dollar bomb. He already fired a ton of the workers and is removing remote work. There's zero incentive for anyone to work there unless it's really desperate software engineers.

 

[Xcenai]

so strange how this man was the most loved person on the internet not too long ago

 

[Apollo Creed]

lol Elon is going to completely destroy that company


Multi billion dollar bomb. He already fired a ton of the workers and is removing remote work. There's zero incentive for anyone to work there unless it's really desperate software engineers.

prob will just turn and churn a bunch of new grads

 

[kevm3]

so strange how this man was the most loved person on the internet not too long ago

So was Bill Maher

A lot of them think that these 'cool white guys that smoke weed' are down for them, but they learn real quickly that they are all about the money and will switch to whatever side improves their bottom line at the speed of light.

 

[Bubba T]

Lol at the similar threads at the bottom of the page

 

[Busted_Toes]

So was Bill Maher

A lot of them think that these 'cool white guys that smoke weed' are down for them, but they learn real quickly that they are all about the money and will switch to whatever side improves their bottom line at the speed of light.

they get exposed to the white incels, and they realise they literally worship them. It's an easy bag and an ego lift.

Elon Musk
Jordan Peterson
etc

 

[num123]

prob will just turn and churn a bunch of new grads

Or go heavy on foreign workers like they usually do.

 

[kevm3]

prob will just turn and churn a bunch of new grads

That's what will most likely end up happening, but he's going to waste a ton of money with all of the inefficiency due to new recruits having to spend months learning the codebase before altering it

Elon literally showed his hands months ago when he said he admired that Chinese 'burn the 2am oil' culture... In other words, he wants economic slaves who work nonstop for little compensation. A lot of people overlook who he is because he smokes weed publicly and appears in public here and there.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Regime changes are always red flags that a companies culture is about to drastically change. It’s always best to get out.

There is no way the people working at Twitter weren’t prepared for this. Doesn’t mean they can just leave, but they all knew what was coming

 

[desjardins]

Making it a shyt place to work but as long as they keep the salaries high($350k for senior eng) with the upside of another potential IPO in the future I could see ppl sticking through all this bullshyt, especially now that other companies aren't hiring

 

[Windows 91]

Or go heavy on foreign workers like they usually do.

Yeah, it will be all H1Bs in there eventually. They'll work like slaves for that green card, no matter how bad it is.

 

[kevin arnold]

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it.