It was reported on June 3 that personal social media twitter was one of the first large technology companies to announce that employees can work at home "forever" in 2020. but elonmusk's recent remarks about remote work may cause another uproar within twitter**
According to foreign media reports, musk sent an ultimatum to Tesla and SpaceX employees through an internal letter on Tuesday: either go back to the office honestly or leave.
At the same time, musk did not forget to dig at companies that are more tolerant of telecommuting in e-mails.
"Of course, some companies don't require this, but when was the last time they released a great new product?" Musk wrote in an email to the company. "It's been a while."
Musk has yet to comment on whether the return to office work will eventually apply to twitter. A twitter spokesman did not respond to requests for comment, but said twitter had no plans to change its telecommuting policy.
"Our top priority is to let our employees work where they feel most productive and creative," the spokesman said
If musk does complete the acquisition of twitter, employees may have no choice.
Musk's attitude towards telework and twitter founder Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey) just the opposite. Although Dorsey is Musk's friend, he is always famous for his bohemian lifestyle. Dorsey said he found work inspiration at his company headquarters in Africa, Myanmar and San Francisco.
When twitter initially announced that it would allow employees to work at home indefinitely, Dorsey sent an email to the whole company with the theme of "love where you work".
"We are serious about distributed labor, and we have proven that we can do it," he wrote As early as before the outbreak at the end of 2019, Dorsey said that he planned to encourage "distributed labor".
Dorsey said at the earnings conference call held in February this year: "I am not worried about any signs of business slowdown when we allocate employees. I really think we must build a company that does not completely rely on the San Francisco headquarters." "As we expected, we are building a talent pool with more people working remotely... We should build our company around this." "I don't have any plans for this year, but I do hope to travel."
Twitter is one of several technology companies that advocate diversifying talent through telecommuting. In May this year, after airbnb announced that employees can always work at home, Brian Chesky, CEO of the company, said that office work "comes from the pre digital era". Similarly, due to the general opposition of employees, Apple And Microsoft and other companies have also been forced to adjust their return to work policies.
Whether the company can provide remote work opportunities has become a major advantage. A survey last year found that 62 percent of Americans said they were willing to work from home forever in exchange for a lower salary. In addition, it is reported that three economists said that remote work has little impact on the ability of employees to complete their work, and may even improve productivity.
Musk's view of telework may affect his relationship with Twitter employees. In a document submitted to regulators last month, twitter warned that Musk's acquisition might affect the company's ability to attract and retain employees.
It was reported on Wednesday that musk planned to spend $44billion to acquire twitter, which aroused the disgust of many twitter employees, some of whom questioned how musk would change the company's culture. Last month musk said that the "ethical expectations" of twitter employees would be extreme. (Chenchen)