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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Dominic Rushe

Elon Musk tells employees to return to office or ‘pretend to work’ elsewhere

Elon Musk.
The news comes as Elon Musk continues to pursue a takeover of Twitter, whose San Francisco office, he has suggested, could be turned into a ‘homeless shelter since no one show up anyway’. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

Elon Musk, the Tesla chief executive, has asked employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else”, according to a memo sent to staff.

About 30% of US office workers are still working from home, according to Nick Bloom, a Stanford economics professor and co-founder of Working from Home Research Project. Many companies are moving to a hybrid work model where staff will come in two or three days a week.

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