Elon Musk Tesla

Musk should expect a forced return to the office to generate immediate resignations, incremental loss of key talent over time, and diminished productivity ...

His recent praise for Chinese workers who are “burning the 3am oil,” as opposed to their American counterparts who “are trying to avoid going to work at all” belies the truth about what’s really going on in Tesla’s Chinese factories. With the cost of such care skyrocketing, demand far outweighing supply in most of the country, and frequent pandemic-related closures still the norm, being at home to care for family members is becoming a “must have” for many workers. Remote workers are better able to juggle the competing demands of work and child- and eldercare. “We’re not the same people that went home to work in early 2020,” the study notes. Elon Musk’s June 1 email to Tesla employees was titled, “To Be Super Clear.” His directive left no room for speculation: Everyone, at every level, was ordered to work a minimum of 40 hours per week, in-person, at the office. Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trend Index indicates that the majority of tech companies—and not Tesla—are on the right track: Based on a study over 31,000 employees around the world, it found that 52% are considering switching to a full-time remote or hybrid job this year.