Lyra Martin Tech 09.15.2022 22:Sep PM EDT

Tesla Lacks Room, Resources to Cater Returning-to-Office Workers

Months ago, Elon Musk warned his Tesla team that failing to work at least 40 hours per week would result in termination. Now, several employees are confronting challenges due to the company's inadequacy in terms of resources and capabilities to cater to in-person workers' needs.

Tesla's Inability to Supply Adequate Work Resources is Affecting Its Employees

CNBC reported in June that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, sent two emails to the Tesla staff, warning them about the possible termination if they did not comply with working requirements. In the email, he instructed his employees to appear for a minimum of forty hours per week physically, or else he would assume that they have resigned from their positions.

As the source would describe, Musk is notorious for pushing his workforce to meet extraordinarily aggressive production quotas, as indicated in a separate CNBC report.

Now, another recent CNBC story said that Tesla does not currently have the space or resources to move all of its staff. This was due to the fact that it did not build enough offices or purchase enough equipment in Nevada and California to satisfy its directive governing working hours.

In reality, there is even a severe lack of dongles and charging lines in several Tesla workplaces. The company's inability to install sufficient meeting space and phone booths to serve every one of its workers forced employees to conduct their discussions outdoors.

Due to a lack of available work resources, Tesla dictated that its employees in the San Francisco Bay Area report to work just twice a week, which was a change from the company's original plan, which called for them to work three days per week. The company's challenges in the Bay region are moved by the scarcity of seats, workspaces, parking places, and other amenities.

As a consequence of all of these factors, a decrease in workers' enthusiasm has been noted, particularly within teams that had previously let workers do their jobs from home. This is particularly true as indicated in the weekly reports on absence by conducting monitoring operations inside the company.

Apple Ordered Its Staff to Return to Office Starting September

Similar to Tesla, Apple has also sent notice to its employees regarding announcements of return-to-office policies. The Guardian reported in August that the Cupertino giant's CEO, Tim Cook, has reached out to its workforce, saying that in an effort to restore the idea of in-person teamwork, starting in September, Apple workers will be forced to report to work at least three days each week.

In a week, workers are expected to work onsite every Tuesday and Thursday, while their third-day onsite schedule will vary depending on which team they will belong to. This policy was made clear by Cook through a memorandum he released.

Despite the fact that Apple was an early pioneer in the realm of remote work, the company's long-term ambition is for all of its workers to resume working in person. He reminded staff that the ability of the company's personnel to interact with each other physically had been a significant missing part of the company since 2020. Cook mentioned such when he advised employees to return to the office three days a week starting in June 2021.

Even if some of its employees disagree with the organization's goals for its working environment, which resulted in the resignation of its former director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow.