Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has battled to retain employees amid a culture of long working hours, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing former senior executives.
Staff at The Boring Company are known to work long hours and weekends, the former executives said. The Journal’s report suggests The Boring Company hasn’t escaped Musk’s strict leadership style, which aligns with the work culture at his other companies, such as Tesla, SpaceX, and now Twitter.
The mega-billionaire has been vocal about his strict work ethic, which he says involves working 120-hour weeks and sleeping on couches in his factories and on office floors.
Musk also expects the same from his employees. Tesla and SpaceX workers have abided by the harsh working conditions to meet Musk’s company goals.
Meanwhile, at Twitter, Musk recently told Twitter staff in an email that they “need to be extremely hardcore” and work “long hours at high intensity” to build his vision of “Twitter 2.0.” If employees didn’t agree to this, then they’d leave Twitter with three months’ salary, he said. According to Platformer and Bloomberg, even staff who committed to Musk’s new Twitter were laid off.
