Elon Musk recently revealed that some of the employees should not have been sacked last year.
In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber after the latest Tesla shareholder meeting, Twitter honcho Elon Musk finally confirmed that the company is all set to re-hire some of the employees that were laid off in the past few months. Musk admitted that some of the firings were not done in the correct manner, and the social media company shouldn’t have fired too many people.
He also mentioned that the decision to lay off was not correct, adding that some of the employees should not have been sacked last year at the time when he was cutting down on its workforce. Nonetheless, he backed his decision, stating that they were nothing but desperate measures to save Twitter financially.
In fact, Twitter’s workforce dropped from 100 percent to 20 percent after several employees were fired by Musk. The company reportedly currently has 1,500 workers, which is down from 7,800.
In the interview, Musk also talked about his views on the work from home policy and added that it is not morally correct and that people are able to deliver better results when working from the office.
"I am a big believer that people are more productive when they are in person. It’s a bit like the fake Marie Anotoinette quote ‘let them eat cake’. Really, you’re gonna work from home? And you’re gonna make everyone else who made your car come work at the factory? The people who make your food that gets delivered, they can’t work from home? The people who fix your house, they can’t work from home but you can? Does that seem morally right? It’s messed up," Musk signed off.