The billionaire Tesla and Twitter boss reproaches what he calls 'laptop class' for working from home.
while overseeing employees who must show up in person to do their jobs, calling them out of touch and hypocritical for"asking everyone else to not work from home while they do."
"It's messed up to assume that, yes, they have to go to work but you don't. It's not just a productivity thing, I think it's morally wrong," he told CNBC. Many large employers in the U.S. and abroad have settled on hybrid work models, recognizing that employees prize flexibility and enjoy the time and cost savings that come from not having to commute to an office.Musk highlighted the distinction between office workers and those whose jobs can only be performed on a factory floor, like auto workers.
"The laptop class is living in la-la land. As I said, look at the cars. Are people working from home here? Of course not," Musk said.requires that his employees show up for work in person. "I work seven days a week, but I'm not expecting others to do that," he said.
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