“Take advantage of others”
Musk complains about working from home
By Eugene Epp
October 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m
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Elon Musk thinks working from home is a really bad idea. The Tesla boss is annoyed that anyone who works like this loses touch with reality. He even often slept in the factory.
Elon Musk is not a fan of home office models. The CEO of Tesla, X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX reiterated this with pithy words.
People who work from home are “disconnected from reality,” said Musk, according to “Business Insider” and “The Verge.” The billionaire even spoke of “Marie Antoinette vibes” that he noticed in home workers – and alluded to the French queen at the time of the French Revolution, who was wrongly credited with saying “If they don’t have bread, let them eat cake.” becomes.
Musk believes that employees working from home have also lost touch with the reality of work for many other people. They would be “out of touch with reality” and “take advantage of those who cannot work from home”. “What about the people who have to come to the factory and make cars? What about the people who have to go to the restaurant and prepare and deliver your food?” Musk asked.
The billionaire, known for his work obsession, explained that he often slept in the factory because it was important. Musk is the richest person in the world, his fortune is estimated at around $226 billion. The 52-year-old has made clear statements about the topic of working from home several times in recent months: In May, he told broadcaster CNBC that employees working from home should “get off their high horse.” He described it as “morally wrong” that the “laptop working class,” as Musk called them, work from home while others do not have this option.
Similar to Musk, a number of other company bosses have also made negative statements about home office. Overall, working from home is on the decline again after the corona pandemic. According to a survey by the consulting firm KPMG among 1,300 managing directors in Germany, almost two thirds of those surveyed are in favor of a complete return to the office within the next three years. Office workers currently come to work an average of 3.2 days a week, according to a survey by real estate specialist Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in seven major German cities.
This text first appeared at stern.de