Elon Musk is one of the billionaires more media, and controversial, that exist today. His statements do not usually leave anyone indifferent, although this is not always for the good, and his decisions have cost him harsh criticism on more than one occasion, although, curiously, the executive has never sung a “mea culpa” for his mistakes, at least that I remember.
On this occasion, some leaked emails that were sent by Elon Musk to Tesla employees reveal that he is totally against teleworking. The CEO of Tesla has been forceful, those who want to telework have no place in the company, and he has also implied that employees must share their “passion for work”.
Elon Musk has shown on more than one occasion that he is a “workaholic”, we do not speak without reason, since at the time he even said that he had worked until 120 hours in a week. This can have positive effects if it is kept within reasonable limits, but if it takes a person to the point of not seeing beyond their work obligations, it ends up becoming a serious problem that can end up ruining their personal life, and it can also have negative effects. negatives in your professional life.
The idea conveyed by the CEO of Tesla is that his employees should work more than 40 hours a week, and in person. This approach leaves no room for a possible negotiation, these are conditions that any worker must meet, and if he does not he will end up on the street. The executive even mocks those companies that allow their employees to telecommuteand says that these “have not launched a great product for a long time.”
There is no doubt that the work culture that Elon Musk promotes is totally toxic and competitive on a level that borders on sickening. It goes without saying that this does not leave Elon Musk in a good place, and at the same time it poses a clear danger to all companies that may fall into the hands of the billionaire, since he could apply that same work culture to said companies. In this sense, we can bring up the possible purchase operation of Twitter, a company that did precisely the opposite of Tesla by allowing telecommuting indefinitely.
Tesla has always been strict on the issue of working hours, but this new approach could translate into a significant loss of human talent. It already happened to Apple at the time when it decided to go back to face-to-face work, a move that saw its head of deep learning leave for Alphabet. Since then, Apple has reversed course and took a much more flexible approach.
