Days after firing 3,700 employees of Twitter, Elon Musk ended the work-from-anywhere policy of the company and required the remaining workers to report back to the office, as per The Guardian.
Musk Says He Will Review and Approve the Exception List
Working from home is no longer allowed among Twitter employees, the new owner of the company said in an email.
According to him, workers of the company are no longer allowed to work remotely unless they are given specific exception, Engadget reports.
In Musk's first official email to the employees, he said that managers would give him the exception lists. The list will be subjected to his review and approval.
The new Twitter CEO reasoned out that "the road ahead is arduous;" therefore employees will be required to work intensely in order to succeed.
Starting on Thursday, the new policy will be implemented. Employees have to render a minimum of 40 hours per week.
The new CEO of the social media platform has implemented a number of drastic changes in the company since he completed the $44 billion deal to acquire the platform.
First, he fired former CEO Parag Agrawal and other top officials. He also dissolved the board of directors and made himself temporary CEO. Just last Friday, he fired about half of the company's 7,500-strong workforce.
With everything that's going on in the social media company, he recently announced that Twitter had been hit by a pause in spending from advertisers.
This had caused "a massive drop in revenue." As Twitter gets most of its more than $5 billion annual revenue from advertising, it has a huge impact on the company.
Hoping that making Twitter Blue available to everyone who's willing to pay will reduce the company's reliance on advertising, the company began rolling out Twitter Blue for $8 a month.
Those who will pay for the service will get a blue tick next to their username. In addition, they will also get early access to forthcoming features, including bookmark folders as well as the ability to change the color of the app icon.
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Musk's Next Priority is the Fake Accounts Running on Twitter
At the onset of the pandemic, Twitter fostered a remote work culture. The company allowed many employees to practice a work-from-anywhere arrangement. In addition, they are given regular additional rest days.
As Musk ended the work-from-anywhere policy, he also axed the regular additional rest days. According to him, Twitter will require "intense work."
The billionaire is known for his distaste for remote work. In fact, the Tesla CEO also ended the remote work policy at the electric car company in June. He ordered the company's executive staff to render a minimum of 40 hours a week in the office or leave.
He also required employees in his other company, SpaceX, to have mandatory in-office work. According to him, as visibility is a key for senior leadership, managers should be seen working alongside their subordinates.
Meanwhile, the Twitter CEO said that after completing the rollout of Twitter Blue, the company should address its problems around automated accounts.
Prior to the acquisition, a key concern of Musk was his belief that the company was not reporting the actual amount of spam accounts running on its platform.
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