Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has scrapped the microblogging platform’s work from home policy and ordered its staff back to the office, days after he fired 3,700 employees including to executives.
Elon Musk has told Twitter employees that remote work will end and “difficult times” are ahead.
In an email to employees, the owner of the social media company said that employees will be expected to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, Bloomberg reported.
Mr. Musk added that there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” that a slowing global economy would affect Twitter’s advertising revenue.
The BBC has contacted Twitter for comment. The company from San Francisco told its employees in May 2020 that they can work from home indefinitely if they want, as the company believes that its work system is isolated during the Covid shutdown was successful.
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But Mr. Musk has publicly said he has a low opinion of remote work, writing on his current website earlier this year that “the whole Covid-19 thing at home has made people think you don’t need remote work.” really strong. “
In June, Mr. Musk, who is also the head of Tesla, told the workers who make electric cars that they are not allowed to work at long distances.
As with Tesla, the contractor said it would only allow Twitter users to work remotely.
The world’s richest man has announced that half of Twitter’s employees have been made redundant, a week after he bought the company in a deal worth $44billion (£38.7billion).
Mr. Musk said he didn’t have “much choice” about the cuts the company is losing $4m (£3.51m) a day. He blamed the “military forces forcing the broadcasters” for the “significant decline in revenue”.
