Twitter staff no longer need to work remotely: Musk

Elon Musk said in his first email to Twitter employees that remote work is no longer allowed and that they are expected to be in the office at least 40 hours a week, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Musk, which closed a $44 billion U.S. deal for the popular social media platform just two weeks ago, laid off half of its employees and several top executives, and charged $8 for Twitter Blue subscriptions. announced a series of actions, including

Musk also told employees he hoped subscriptions accounted for half of Twitter’s revenue, the report said, citing emails.

The company did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

When Twitter reopened its offices in March, it said employees could continue to work from home if needed.

Musk’s move mirrored policies of his other companies, SpaceX and Tesla, where he told employees to work at least 40 hours a week in the office or leave.