Elon Musk Rips Remote Work As ‘Bulls–t’ And ‘Morally Wrong’ — ‘People Should Get Off Their Goddamn Moral High Horse With This Bulls–t’
#Socialites, get into this! In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk slammed remote working as “bulls–t” and “morally wrong” while criticizing the employment practice that defined the pandemic era.
During his conversation with Faber, Musk, who is one of the richest people in the world, emphasized how working in the office actually boosts productivity. He went on to say that employees who refused to return to an in-person setting after COVID-19 restrictions ended need to “get off their moral high horse” and get back to work… like everyone else.
“The whole work-from-home thing, it’s sort of like, I think it’s, like, there are some exceptions, but I kind of think that the whole notion of work-from-home is a bit like, you know, the fake Marie Antoinette quote, ‘Let them eat cake,’” Musk said in the interview. He continued, “It’s like, it’s like really? You’re gonna work from home and you’re gonna make everyone else who made your car come work in the factory? You’re gonna make people who make your food that gets delivered – they can’t work from home? The people that come fix your house? They can’t work from home, but you can? Does that seem morally right?” Musk believes “That’s messed up.”
“The laptop class is living in la-la land.” Elon Musk thinks remote work is “morally wrong”. (Video: CNBC) pic.twitter.com/pftjd4HHTZ
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Not only did Musk go on to say that he thinks it’s a moral issue but he claimed that it’s also “a productivity issue. People should get off their goddamn moral high horse with this bulls–t because they’re asking everyone else to not work from home while they do. It’s wrong.”
More On Remote Working
The concept of remote work has been around for a long time, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that it truly took off. Companies began to realize the potential of remote work and started to embrace it as a viable option for their workforce.
The pandemic forced many businesses to make the switch to remote work in order to keep their operations running. This sudden shift caused many companies to reevaluate their policies and procedures, while also creating an opportunity for employees who were able to take advantage of this new way of working. As a result, remote work has become an increasingly popular option for businesses all over the world.
However, since the pandemic has come to an end, many have returned to in-person working. Though a good portion of Americans have expressed health concerns even despite low infection rates and vaccines.
As we previously reported, last month President Joe Biden officially signed a House bill immediately ending the Covid-19 national emergency, first enacted during the Trump administration in 2020. He explained in a statement:
“The vast majority of Americans have the protection of a vaccine – with 215 million Americans fully vaccinated, and an estimated two-thirds of eligible adults having received their booster shot. Vaccinated and boosted people are 41 times less like to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals. And America’s unprecedented vaccination campaign has saved lives: a December 2021 estimate suggested that vaccines saved over 1 million American lives and successfully prevented over 10 million hospitalizations.”
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