Elon Musk has prohibited Twitter employees from working remotely, stating that they must spend 40 hours per week in the office unless he expressly authorizes otherwise. According to Bloomberg, Musk held the company’s first official all-hands meeting since purchasing the platform. He said workers should brace themselves for “difficult times ahead” for ad-supported businesses like Twitter, and that he wants subscription fees to account for half of the company’s revenue.
- Elon Musk is thinking about making verification a Twitter Blue perk.
- Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter that he will not lay off 75% of his employees.
Twitter fostered a remote work culture during the pandemic, allowing many employees to work from home. It also instituted regular additional rest days for employees, another initiative Musk has axed, saying that Twitter’s turnaround will require “intense work.” Musk ’s other companies, SpaceX and Tesla, also require mandatory in-office work unless management specifically approves it. When he wrote to both sets of workers, he said that visibility was key for senior leadership, who should be seen to be working alongside their subordinates.
Musk added in his remarks that the company’s first priority — after completing the rollout of Twitter Blue — is to address his concern around automated accounts. A key pillar of Musk and the company’s fight, prior to acquisition, was the billionaire’s belief that the company was under reporting the amount of fake accounts running on its platform.
