Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday spoke about his desk, or lack of it, at the company headquarters in Texas.
What Happened: Previously, Musk said, he would move his desk around the factory to wherever the biggest problem was. However, now, he doesn’t have a desk, the CEO said.
“These days, I don't have a desk, but the room I use for meetings at HQ overlooks the Model Y end of line,” Musk wrote. He was responding to a fan on X.com who shared an old video of Musk showing his desk in the middle of the factory.
“While most CEOs sit in ivory towers, @elonmusk put his desk in the middle of the factory,” the fan wrote.
The 51-second-long video posted by the user shows Musk in conversation with a person and showing his desk in the middle of the factory.
"I think its important for a leader to be at the front lines," Musk says in the video. “I want the opposite of being up in an ivory tower. I want to be in the middle of the battle and that means being in the middle of the factory,” he said while showing a relatively unremarkable desk with his sun glasses, coffee and an award.
Why It Matters: The billionaire has often come off as a hands-on leader, with anecdotes of him sleeping at his desk after long hours of work shared around in the past.
However, Musk, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, said employees who believe working from the office is old-fashioned should "pretend to work somewhere else."
In an email to employees last year, he had asked them to either clock a minimum of forty hours per week or leave Tesla if they wish to work remotely.
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