Musk Kills Remote Work At Twitter While Setting Big Subscription Goal

As reported by Bloomberg, Elon Musk’s first message to his employees contained a streak of unhappy news. The publication says that the email, sent out late on Wednesday, was meant to be a way for Musk to prepare the employees for “difficult times ahead.” After that, Musk announced that remote work for Twitter employees is entirely over unless he himself approves it on a rare case-by-case basis.

Bloomberg, which seems to have been given access to the email sent out to Twitter workers, states that Musk’s new rules require that all employees will be in the office at least 40 hours per week, and this is effective immediately. Before Musk bought Twitter, the company had a permanent work-from-anywhere schedule. Now, without Musk’s personal approval, no one will be allowed to work remotely anymore. This change is bound to be difficult to adapt to for some employees, but Musk seems to be firmly against remote work.

Those who still have a job are also losing another quality-of-life perk — Twitter will no longer have “days of rest.” Introduced during the pandemic, the “day of rest” was a company-wide day off that the employees were given once a month. Under Musk’s leadership, it’s seemingly all work and no play, with the Twitter leader himself allegedly stating: “The road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed.”