This is clever, but it is unlikely his motivation is to microscopically increase demand for Teslas by having Tesla's white-collar workforce commute more.
It is much more likely that he earnestly believes that the trade-offs for Tesla organization favor a fully on-site office workforce, knowing that will drive away some excellent team members.
(It's hard to argue with Tesla's success; but it seems to me the future more broadly is away from on-site office workforces... even and especially at companies doing well.)
Of course he does not believe that making Tesla workers work in-office will increase demand for Tesla, but Elon Musk dunking on remote work is bound to have some effect on other tech CEOs which might create a ripple effect and cause even more people to start commuting again.
For a man that has been investigated by the SEC for tanking his own companies stock price with a few tweets, it's hard to imaging someone accusing him of having ulterior motives for the sole purpose of increasing his wealth. I certainly don't know him personally, but outward evidence would suggest to me that your comments implications are without merit.
It was only a handful of weeks ago that Elon saved himself 140+ million dollars by flagrantly violating securities laws. This has been discussed endlessly as part of the Twitter news.
kylecordes|3 years ago
It is much more likely that he earnestly believes that the trade-offs for Tesla organization favor a fully on-site office workforce, knowing that will drive away some excellent team members.
(It's hard to argue with Tesla's success; but it seems to me the future more broadly is away from on-site office workforces... even and especially at companies doing well.)
PestoDiRucola|3 years ago
toolz|3 years ago
rurp|3 years ago